“In iOS 11 it changes, now you can for example access all passwords in the keystore” You can do that in iOS 10 as well. Apple made your passcode is equivalent

“In iOS 11 it changes, now you can for example access all passwords in the keystore” You can do that in iOS 10 as well. Apple made your passcode is equivalent to your root password on a Mac. I think they were trying to make it easy for less tech savvy users to use the device. I agree that there has to some mechanism to change what kind of password you want to apply to access certain functionality on your phone