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> that passkey will also be available on your other Apple devices if they are signed in to the same iCloud account

I am not sure I like this. Unless the passkeys are only transferred directly device-to-device, each OS vendor's user cloud storage now becomes the keys-to-every-kingdom uber-target.



If that is a concern of yours, there is an option on Apple devices to disable iCloud syncing for passwords/credentials. This would limit passkeys to strictly device-only.


Actually, that would disable passkeys [1]:

> Passkeys on iPhone require that you use iCloud Keychain. If you don’t have iCloud Keychain turned on when you try to save a passkey, you’ll be asked to turn it on.

[1] https://support.apple.com/guide/iphone/sign-in-with-passkeys...




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