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My bad dude. Yeah, was wayyy outta line. Sorry. But my point was that PassKeys seem to depend on biometrics to authenticate/"use" and biometrics are not technically protected to the extent you can be forced to "produce" them ina way that is distinct from the protection passwords can theoretically provide.
I suppose as long as you use alphanumeric for your main passcode, its not such a problem to use PassKeys but what I said above seems to be true although there may be a gap here or there overall in my understanding of them.
Do PassKeys replace the actual passcode for the device or is that more for online accounts and websites? I haven't found that spelled out specifically anywhere?