Would you consider any crime which the <i>settlement</i> is in the hundreds of millions &quot;petty&quot;? If not, then <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.bloombergview.com&#x2F;articles&#x2F;2015-11-05&#x2F;sanctions-spoofers-bits-and-gold" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.bloombergview.com&#x2F;articles&#x2F;2015-11-05&#x2F;sanctions-s...</a> is a counter-example.<p>See also <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.bloombergview.com&#x2F;articles&#x2F;2015-10-20&#x2F;shh-credit-agricole-kept-its-sudan-business-quiet" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.bloombergview.com&#x2F;articles&#x2F;2015-10-20&#x2F;shh-credit-...</a>, <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.bloombergview.com&#x2F;articles&#x2F;2015-08-18&#x2F;bny-mellon-had-some-very-special-interns" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.bloombergview.com&#x2F;articles&#x2F;2015-08-18&#x2F;bny-mellon-...</a> and <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.bloombergview.com&#x2F;articles&#x2F;2015-10-20&#x2F;accidental-payments-and-quiz-cheating" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.bloombergview.com&#x2F;articles&#x2F;2015-10-20&#x2F;accidental-...</a><p>Clearly neither being really smart nor having a lot at stake will prevent someone from sending sensitive things over email.<p>As for terrorists, a short search turns up <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;books.google.com&#x2F;books?id=VqY4Wr3T5K4C&amp;pg=PA410&amp;lpg=PA410&amp;dq=terrorists+using+unencrypted+communications&amp;source=bl&amp;ots=Qg8l6CiIzv&amp;sig=TXeeEvf24M3H4hRyX41qfT10j-M&amp;hl=en&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=0CB4Q6AEwAGoVChMIp5aiu4yYyQIVSDk-Ch0jNgwb#v=onepage&amp;q=terrorists%20using%20unencrypted%20communications&amp;f=false" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;books.google.com&#x2F;books?id=VqY4Wr3T5K4C&amp;pg=PA410&amp;lpg=...</a>.<p>I think if you claim that major criminals&#x27; encryption usage would be unaffected by making it difficult to use, you need to support that at least as well as I&#x27;ve just argued for the opposite.