Because people have apps on their phone that can facilitate identity theft. Just threaten them and force them to unlock the phone. There is organized crime that knows what they are doing.

Or resell to a sucker.

I have never liked FaceID. Feels like a downgrade to me. After how many years, I still find it to be a poor user experience. Waking phone with the same button used to authenticate fingerprint is a far superior experience.

I could see FaceID making sense on a desktop. Not a great experience on a phone. Far less smooth than fingerprint readers.

As an iOS user, I’ve always hated FaceID. Inferior experience to having a button and using fingerprint reader. The worst is when I need to unlock phone for someone while driving.