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		barkerja on May 3, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Passkeys: The beginning of the end of the password 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.

eep_social on May 3, 2023 [–]

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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