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I was under the impression that this was by design. I guess it depends what expectations you have for a passcode lock.

My expectation is that my phone is reasonably secure from co-workers when I leave it on my desk for fifteen minutes at a time. And that if stolen, I have enough time to remote-wipe it before the passcode is bypassed.

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When a door is locked I don't expect it to open by saying "let me through", with all the specific differences I think this is a reasonably common expectation to have.

I am quite sure that is not correct in this case.

You have some limited access to features while Siri is on, only if the allow with passcode option is enabled. You do not have full run of the entire phone, nor are you able to bypass the lock screen.

But you do expect that you could slide some mail through a mail door if one existed.

My expectation is that any device I own is as secure as possible by default until I choose otherwise.

Then your expectation will not be met by most devices.

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