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by staticassertion 1576 days ago
Your ~/.ssh/ private key is not readable by normal users since it's encrypted, so that isn't going to work.

The main security benefit is here:

> 1Password will ask for your consent before an SSH client can use your SSH key. Because of this, there's no concept of adding or removing keys like with the OpenSSH agent.

This prevents SSH agent hijacking, requiring either a social engineering attack to bypass or a privesc.