> Imagine for a second that the San Bernardino iPhone had used Touch ID, don't you find it highly plausible that the US government would be able to find a good

> Imagine for a second that the San Bernardino iPhone had used Touch ID, don't you find it highly plausible that the US government would be able to find a good fingerprint that could be used to unlock the phone? I guess they even had his body at hand so it would have been dead simple. That is a very good observation and puts Touch ID in perspective. If you died today would you be ok with your family and/or friends being able to unlock your phone and go through all your personal data? Sure, there may be genuine reasons for them to do so but still, all your data will be at their fingertips and even if you "trust" that they'll limit themselves to only look for the relevant information to get your things in order they still have to sift through a lot data you may not want them to.