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Am I the only one who despises biometrics?
For anything I don't control, like door locks at work, I'm with you.
For a device controlled by me, the tradeoff for convenience is so much better.
If it's properly implemented, extracting biometric features is hard, so stolen fingerprints are less of a concern.
It allows me to use a long password, which in android also serves as an encryption key for the filesystem, while allowing me to unlock my phone without entering that password every time.
The fear of forced bio entry is front of mind for me, but I do acknowledge that if someone is restraining me and breaking into my device, I have much bigger problems.