Comment by ben_w

> I don't know where the belief that all criminals are tech experts comes from; the popularity of cool-looking "encrypted" phones as opposed to actually encrypted apps like Signal should have long dispelled that myth.

I think it's a case of this: https://xkcd.com/2501/

People here work at the level of things like RowHammer, normal people don't think past the idea that a padlock icon on the screen makes them safe.