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There is more than one attack vector.
Is it advisable to use biometrics to lock your phone if you are part of an at-risk demographic? no
Are biometric second factor an improvement over people only setting shitty passwords? yes
Do phishing attacks occur orders of magnitude more frequently than biometric factors being gathered by force? Absolutely.
I like that you have to justify biometrics by coupling them with a shitty password, When just having a decent password solves both issues.
and honestly I dont even want to discuss bad passwords. thats a topic thats 30+ years old at this point, a topic so old that entire generations of people have grown up from infancy with the warnings of using proper passwords..And they get reminded about it every time they make a password. If they still cant be bothered to use something other than 1234 or password1, then they deserve what they get, and shouldnt be counted amongst actual security problems.