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The Dilemma of Privacy Protection for Developers in the Metaverse

Year: 2025

Type: conference-paper

Abstract: To investigate the level of support and awareness developers possess for dealing with sensitive data in the metaverse, we surveyed developers, consulted legal frameworks, and analyzed API documentation in the metaverse. Our preliminary results suggest that privacy is a major concern, but developer awareness and existing support are limited. Developers lack strategies to identify sensitive data that are exclusive to the metaverse. The API documentation contains guidelines for collecting sensitive information, but it omits instructions for identifying and protecting it. Legal frameworks include definitions that are subject to individual interpretation. These findings highlight the urgent need to build a transparent and common ground for privacy definitions, identify sensitive data, and implement usable protection measures.

Source: IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops (VRW)

DOI: 10.1109/vrw66409.2025.00067

Authors: Argianto Rahartomo, Leonel Merino, Yoshiki Ohshima, Mohammad Ghafari

Institutions: Clausthal University of Technology, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Shizuoka University

Language: English

Topic: Privacy, Security, and Data Protection

Subfield: Sociology and Political Science

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funder: Agencia Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo

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