

Speed/convenience.
It’s like phones people use their thumb or face to unlock even though that’s objectively less secure than a good password.
I feel like this is a slow boil eventually they will make it mandatory that you need to have your fave scanned.
It’s worth mentioning by 2027 all new vehicles have to have facial scanners installed and they watch you 247.

If it hit the water it would probably be fine water is very good at diluting stuff.
Japan dumped the radioactive water they had from the meltdown and nothing really bad happened because again large bodies of water are great at diluting stuff.
The only thing I can think of is if there was ground below it could have cracked and possibly got to the hostages.