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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
by mixmastamyk 3y ago
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.
- stetrain 3y agoThe same way you would back up passwords stored in iCloud Keychain, 1Password, KeePassXC, etc.
- mixmastamyk 3y agoSo you don’t, just leave it to BigTech, thanks.
- joshuaissac 3y agoKeePassXC 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 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40167782
- mixmastamyk 3y agoInteresting rabbit hole. Seems like it supports my point about the powers that be working to eliminate the possibility.