Face ID is what’s known as a biometric. Biometrics include anything from a retina scan to a fingerprint and any other biological means of verifying your identity in between. While Apple would like to convince you that using Face ID is safer than a password, the truth is that a good, complex password — especially one created by a password generator — will always be far more secure than any biometric. This is because biometrics can be cracked a lot easier than a complex password made up of a string of letters, numbers, and symbols. Integrating multifactor authentication makes things even safer.