A thief flags you down, grabs your phone and makes you unlock it using your thumb.
A cop opens the cop car door, grabs your hand and unlocks your phone, or even easier, face unlock.
Granted, guns and torture are rather effective as well, but is anyone entirely against fingerprint unlocking?
if biometrics is the only thing you have you might aswell not have a password at all but if you use it with a 2fa pin it is good for example for your phone yiu can have a long backup passphrase and if you dont want to type that in you can use biometrics to unlock the pin screeb and still need to type in a pin so its the best of both worlds
Biometric anything feels weird, being an identical twin. I stick to never using it.
Pragmatically, is that really any different with a passcode? Someone might not be able to physically force an unlock like with biometrics by moving the relevant body part over, but there’s certainly nothing stopping someone from forcing you to unlock your phone if you had a passcode through by duress. Most thieves would have certainly wised up enough to force you to remove your passcode before leaving, or they’d watch you unlock your phone, and figured out the passcode that way.
I rather doubt that, if in that kind of situation, there would be many who would resist. Your phone is not worth your life for most.
Personally, if I wasn’t doing anything sensitive, like travelling through some countries (like Australia/the US) or going to a protest, I’d probably keep it on. The convenience makes up for it for the most part.
As opposed to what? What will you use that’s impervious to those things?
passwords, which are protected under the 5th amendment of the us constitution
OP specifically used cop unlocking your phone as an example. Don’t argue in bad faith.
Absolutely no access control on a consumer device is impervious to guns and torture.
