The macro-level progression of digital security really worries me. Each day the attack surface grows, the number of bad actors grows, the number of internet-connected individuals grows, and the quantity and sensitivity of data per-capita grows.

Is there a well-researched theory that considers a "breaking point" in this pattern? Where we either a) accept that all data is at risk of being exposed or b) develop fundamental security patterns to privatize our data or c) something else?