I do agree that FaceID is a bit less convenient than TouchID - the "unlock while taking out of pocket" is a good example. I also agree that FaceID might be eas

I do agree that FaceID is a bit less convenient than TouchID - the "unlock while taking out of pocket" is a good example. I also agree that FaceID might be easier to "socially engineer" or obtain by force in the sense that you could just point it at someone's face or trick them into looking at it. Less so with someone's thumb on the home button. At the end of the day though, I think these concerns are overstated. No modern security method can guarantee 100% protection - you can watch someone input their PIN, steal their phone and force their face into it, or force someone to put their thumb on it. The last one is the most secure in this sense, for sure, but I'm of the opinion that if you've gotten yourself into one of these situations, this is far from your security bottleneck in the first place. Someone will inevitably bring up the point of law enforcement / 4th amendment breaches, but there are safeguards with the new iPhone X that circumvent these issues. And of course, you can always decide to just use a PIN and nothing else :)