Actually, he is after all the unused computing power in the brains of the average consumer!
He'd be further ahead going after the brains of policticians, more bang for the buck!
Download pictures? No, your whole life! (Arnie's Total Recall)
You're assuming that they have any unused capacity, that they're not already running at (or over) their design limits (sorta like XP on a Z-80 with 64 K and SSSD floppies).

