42 Security De-engineering
information, and to be honest, even the most astute and security-aware
can at least be embarrassed or inconvenienced. e main dierence is
only with the attention that comes from a user base of half a billion
people, all of whom enter personal details. In fact, the ideas here are
similar to those in the old argument about malware and Windows
versus Mac. Windows can seem to be more vulnerable to these mal-
ware issues, but one needs to remember that Windows is still far more
widespread (I did not say “popular”) as compared with Mac—and
therefore more juicy a platform from which to seek unlawful nancial
gains. As Mac gets more widespread in homes and oces, no doubt
there will be proportionally more malware issues ...