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Ah ok, yes the shoulder surfing is definitely a problem. Hard to mitigate somebody looking over your shoulder, this is the case with most password managers, but I understand why this is a more likely scenario.
In a semi-safe situation (e.g. on busy public transit or in a crowded place with people behind me), I do sometimes unlock my password manager using Face ID to access a website, but I'd never enter my passphrase if the biometric unlock fails. If somebody watches me enter my passcode and then rips the device out of my hands and runs off with it (assuming the password manager is not open), they now have access to most o…
I have an iPhone and while I understand that Face ID probably has fewer false positives than fingerprint recognition, I really miss the physical rear sensor on my Pixel 2. I don't know what the collision rate is, or how easy it would be to break if someone stole the phone, but it was a really great user experience: haptic feedback is good, it was/is incredibly reliable at unlocking and it was useful because you could pass your phone to a partner/passenger in a car and unlock without looking (i.e. no more unsafe than changing the cabin temp) and no need to share your pin if with a stranger. I think the only time it failed was after climbing with chalky fingers.