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>If they could demonstrate it working from a 3D printed mask taken from a surreptitious scan at distance in the outdoors then I think we'd have reason to be worried.

I would be astonished if state actors are not already well on their way to figuring out how to do this.

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That's true but it's outside the threat model for most devices: that same state-level actor can no doubt use cameras to collect passwords and some combination of imaging and subterfuge to get fingerprints, too.

>For spies, spooks, government agents etc. I suspect that Face ID would always be a no-no as it is much harder to control the ability of others to eavesdrop.

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