What are the main dangers of the metaverse and how to protect yourself?

The metaverse was one of the subjects of 2021, especially after the name change from Facebook , the company, to Meta, showing how much it sees this technology as something profitable and important for the future.

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In the current conception of metaverse, they are environments in which people can connect through avatars and do everything as if they were in the real world: seek information, communicate, shop and work.

The technology has been discussed for some years, with environments such as Fortnite and Minecraft, which bring together players in the same game instances to interact and share experiences being considered examples of metaverses, as well as interactions from Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (RV).

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So, already thinking about the possible dangers that people can face in these different environments, Kaspersky shared some digital security guidelines in the metaverse. Check it out below:

Identity theft

With the login of most metaverses being conceived as an extension of the credentials used to enter social networks or games, an account theft can lead to criminals using the victims' virtual identities for various frauds, as they already occur, in a different scope on WhatsApp .

In addition, theft of cash and rare game items, personal information and credit card data can also occur. To prevent these scams, the best way is to use two-factor authentication, strong passwords and avoid sharing information with unknown third parties.

social engineering scams

If even dating apps have social engineering sips, why not expect the same from the metaverse? People posing as others, performing the famous catfish (kind of misleading activity in which a person creates a false identity on social networks), chases stalkers and even doxing may occur in this environment.

In these cases, in addition to always chasing who you are talking to in the metaverse, it is also important to always be aware of possible persecutions and always report them.

Privacy

Metaverses are like social networks, just in a virtual reality, which makes it extremely important that internet users know how to protect their personal data from access by third parties.

Currently, it is not yet known how the sharing of these issues will work in the metaverse, but it is good to be careful not to post information publicly, try as much as possible to leave your private data for contacts and so on, in order to have a private experience. and safe with technology.

Problems linked to the blockchain

Much information and possessions in the metaverse will be recorded in decentralized blockchains, to allow for privacy of transactions and users. At the same time, this will make all these assets volatile, and if they are stolen, the difficulty of getting them back is also a matter to keep in mind.

In general, the same recommendations for protecting cryptocurrency portfolios will work, at least in the current metaverse scenario. Do not share information with third parties, always access secure and trustworthy computers, and so on. Now, in the future, we still don't know how the blockchain will evolve or how criminals will adapt to the meta environment.

Dangers for children

As technologies become part of our daily lives, it is more common for children to use them too. And in metaverses, especially those accessed via VR and AR and with interaction between users, this can be extremely worrying, generating possible experiences of encountering child abusers almost "physically".

It is important, therefore, to always take parental control measures, when available, and to avoid letting children enter the metaverse unsupervised. After all, while personal data and information are important, the healthy and trauma-free growth of young people is also something that should pay close attention.

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