Also, configurable after a few hours it can ask the password anyway. A trial and being compelled to place your finger on the phone goes way beyond that. Or if they're going to beat you over the head with a metal pile regardless to unlock then the difference between a passcode or your fingerprint becomes meaningless.
That's too black and white. Is there nothing that you would give your life for? There is nothing worth dying for? Maybe you should think less of convienience and more about living a life worth living.
