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Disable Passkey support for AutoFill
I prefer to keep Passkeys in my iCloud Keychain because it's essentially syncing just on my iPhone & iPad, while 1Password has an archive file format, so those keys would essentially be files in the ...
1P_Dave
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Thanks for the reply. I'm not an expert on how iCloud Keychain works but from my understanding the Keychain itself is not stored in the Secure Element:
The keychain is implemented as a SQLite database, stored on the file system.
Source: Keychain data protection - Apple Support (CA)
Malware exists that can steal the Keychain database: New macOS malware steals sensitive info, including a user's entire Keychain database
Because of 1Password's dual-key architecture, where your data is end-to-end encrypted using both your account password and your Secret Key, 1Password is the most secure place to keep your passkeys and ensure that they're available on all of your devices. You can read more about our security model here: About the 1Password security model
-Dave
