The risks of forced unlocking with FaceID have been discussed, including in court: https://appleinsider.com/articles/19/01/14/face-id-touch-id-unlocks-cant-be-c

The risks of forced unlocking with FaceID have been discussed, including in court: https://appleinsider.com/articles/19/01/14/face-id-touch-id-unlocks-cant-be-compelled-by-law-enforcement-rules-federal-judge https://appleinsider.com/articles/19/01/14/face-id-touch-id-... The main alternative to biometric ID is a PIN. Those are seldomly changed, and are relatively easily shoulder-surfed. I've seen children who can't even read yet learn their parent's iPad PINs. If you're afraid of the police, surveillance needs to be your threat model. There's some ways to prevent being forced to use face unlock if you see it coming, by squeezing your phone: https://www.macworld.com/article/3236793/how-to-quickly-and-discreetly-disable-face-id-on-the-iphone-x.html https://www.macworld.com/article/3236793/how-to-quickly-and-...