Presumably the Net would somehow require physical feedback in order to browse and participate. Or, the functionality would be available (but not required) and ICE would counter-hack the hacker and overpower his local hardware settings and enable the feedback.
A more contemporary example might be something like headphones: as far as I know, limits on sound output are software-based, not hardware. Theoretically a hacker could modify these software limits and output extremely loud sounds.
> A more contemporary example might be something like headphones: as far as I know, limits on sound output are software-based, not hardware. Theoretically a hacker could modify these software limits and output extremely loud sounds.
Seems pretty much impossible.
True, my headphones could be modified for it. In fact I once looked into the firmware of a previous model, and apparently there was 16MB RAM, 2 cores, and sqlite in there. The darn thing could run DOOM if there was a display attached.
But an application doesn't get to talk Bluetooth to my headphones, it only gets to submit audio.
Besides that, audio is logarithmic. If the internal amplifier can produce 2X of the software limit, that only adds 3db. Maybe annoying, but nowhere near bad enough to do serious harm.
A more contemporary example might be something like headphones: as far as I know, limits on sound output are software-based, not hardware. Theoretically a hacker could modify these software limits and output extremely loud sounds.
> Gadgets can be hacked to produce 'dangerous' sounds, says researcher https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-49291665