From Kevin Sheldrake
In Paul Marks’s article on the dangers of hackers using networks of computers to eavesdrop on conversations on your laptop or smartphone (16 January, p 17), an anonymous “security expert” claimed that such attacks are too crude to pose a serious threat. “It is unlikely any worthwhile target will use Windows unpatched,” he says, “and few Apple Mac users would voluntarily install unknown software.”
I must assume that this expert either works in academia, where the world may look different, or has had little exposure to commercial security testing. There is little evidence that Apple Mac users are any more security conscious than anyone else.
Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, UK
