

The iris can be used, for example, to improve authentication techniques for bank passwords
Nope. Like all biometrical data, you can’t just replace the body part once the data is compromised. It’s at most suitable for ease of access.
For example, Merkels fingerprints were “reverse-engineered” from photos using common wood glue.
All of this while EU forbids Apple to do the same, what is the idea here? Measuring how EU reacts?