It depends on what you mean by consciousness, if we are talking about the intelligence or self awareness or thoughts then I don’t see any problem with it being emergent. But if we are talking about conscious…
From some quick reading I don't think this is a new discovery, there is even a name for it "objective tinnitus". Here's a case study: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4922963/
In that case it's probably best to buy your own cheap VPS and setup openvpn on it, I can't see them taking down VPS providers.
It depends on what you mean by consciousness, if we are talking about the intelligence or self awareness or thoughts then I don’t see any problem with it being emergent. But if we are talking about conscious…
From some quick reading I don't think this is a new discovery, there is even a name for it "objective tinnitus". Here's a case study: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4922963/
In that case it's probably best to buy your own cheap VPS and setup openvpn on it, I can't see them taking down VPS providers.