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> Conveniently, the solution always seems to be more individual actions to disconnect further. Security systems, lockdown, heightened fear of a shadowy Other.

BTW, I also think you are very right about this. The Insecurity Industry preys on fear. But it offers no substantial solutions. That doesn't mean the risks aren't real. They are. Modern software engineering is a calamity. Everything is full of holes. What is at issue is motives. The insecurity industry doen't want anything fixed. It wants, as you say, to lock down all your stuff, control it, and make you pay twice or thrice to use your own property. A protection racket is very different from offering actual "security". I try to expand on that here [0]

[0] https://cybershow.uk/blog/posts/love