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Where are passkeys stored?
Hi,
I tried to use the passkeys function in 1Password.
I got prompted during a login into my gmail by 1Password to save my passkey.
So i did. The process was very quick, but I do not recall s...
"When a passkey is created, the private key is stored in your 1Password vault which is synced across all of your devices using the 1Password servers."
That is completely incorrect!!!!
The private key for a passkey NEVER leaves the device's secure element (eg. TPM in Windows, Apple Secure Element, Android Keystore system ie. Trusted Execution Environment). The Android StrongBox Keymaster is actually a Hardware Security Module. There's no way to extract the private key that's the whole point of these security keys...
Your docs even state this:
https://blog.1password.com/passkeys-faqs/#:%7E:text=Each%20passkey%20consists%20of%20two%20parts%20%E2%80%93%20a%20public%20and%20private,want%20to%20log%20in%20to.
