&gt;<i>Out of curiosity, in what way do you feel TouchID makes your phone more secure than just a password? Someone could steal a glass you&#x27;ve touched along with your phone and unlock it with a bit of effort.</i><p>Well, quite a lot more effort.<p>I don&#x27;t want my data&#x2F;photos&#x2F;etc to fell pray to a phone thief -- or a guy that finds the phone after I dropped in a cafe. And Touch ID does that fine.<p>The &quot;fingerprint on glass&quot; scenario you mention concerns dedicated people targeting my data especially -- which is not something I realistically care about. If such people were after my data, they could also use a crowbar and beat me till I tell them my secrets...<p>&gt;<i>but a would-be thief is more probably far more concerned with selling the hardware than ransoming your data.</i><p>Yes, and I am more concerned about my data than about the hardware -- after all at that point it is already in the thief&#x27;s hands.