Issue |
Security and Safety
Volume 2, 2023
Security and Safety in the "Metaverse"
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Article Number | 2023011 | |
Number of page(s) | 14 | |
Section | Information Network | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/sands/2023011 | |
Published online | 30 June 2023 |
Review
Digital identity, privacy security, and their legal safeguards in the Metaverse
NingboTech University, Ningbo, 315100, China
* Corresponding authors (email: mllxfhw2@zju.edu.cn (Hong Wu); zhangwenxiang2023@163.com (Wenxiang Zhang))
Received:
30
October
2022
Revised:
23
March
2023
Accepted:
30
April
2023
The Metaverse is the digitization of the real world, supported by big data, AI, 5G, cloud computing, blockchain, encryption algorithm, perception technology, digital twin, virtual engine, and other technologies that interact with human behavior and thoughts in avatars through digital identity. Cracking the trust problem brought by the avatar depends on the privacy security and authentication technology for individuals using digital identities to enter the Metaverse. To accomplish personal domination of the avatar, metaverse users need privacy data feeding and emotion projection. They must be equipped with proprietary algorithms to process and analyze the complex data generated in adaptive interactions, which challenges the privacy security of user data in the Metaverse. Distinguishing the significance of different identifiers in personal identity generation while imposing different behavioral regulatory requirements on data processing levels may better balance the relationship between personal privacy security and digital identity protection and data utilization in the Metaverse. In response to digital identity issues, there is an objective need to establish a unified digital identity authentication system to gain the general trust of society. Further, the remedies for a right to personality can be applied to the scenario of unlawful infringement of digital identity and privacy security.
Key words: Metaverse / Avatar / Digital identity / Privacy security / Privacy data / Identity authentication
Citation: Wu H and Zhang W. Digital identity, privacy security, and their legal safeguards in the Metaverse. Security and Safety 2023; 2: 2023011. https://doi.org/10.1051/sands/2023011
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