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To add to what others are saying... you really don't want or need this anyways. Once passkeys are used broadly or well supported by password managers, logins will be pretty low friction.
I've seen passkey added to 1password, do you have an eli5ish way of describing that? Is it like ssh keys?
If you're familiar with SSH keys, it's basically the same thing but written for everything to use rather than just written for SSH.
Passkeys can also be managed by TPMs/device hardware to provide private keys that (assuming things are properly designed) can't be stolen and are bound to the device itself. This isn't a requirement however, which is why things like 1password, Chrome, etc can sync passkeys.
They're basically syncing the one-or-more private keys that back your logins.
Very neat! I'll have to try them out on a couple sites