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How do you back up the private key? With ssh I know to back up .ssh with the rest of my home folder. With a passkey I'd have no idea where it was, and get the feeling the "modern" software won't tell me on purpose, so that it can manage/sync it for me. Which leads to a lack of a mental model.


The same way you would back up passwords stored in iCloud Keychain, 1Password, KeePassXC, etc.


So you don’t, just leave it to BigTech, thanks.


KeePassXC is not Big Tech. It is open source and self-hosted. It supports exporting the private keys, although Big Tech is not happy about that feature: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40167782


Interesting rabbit hole. Seems like it supports my point about the powers that be working to eliminate the possibility.




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