https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/09/what-you-should-know-about-privacy-and-apples-faceid-on-ios-11/ >During and after yesterday's Apple announcement of its FaceID unlocking feature for its new iPhone X, some brief discourse began on the Ars #staff Slack channel concerning legal rights when your face is your new passcode. It's a big deal, as this is the future of smartphone unlocking—largely because Apple says so. >"This is the future of how we'll unlock our smartphones and protect our sensitive information," Apple VP Phil Schiller said.