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As predictive models are increasingly being employed to make consequential decisions, there is a growing emphasis on developing techniques that can provide algorithmic recourse to affected individuals. While such recourses can be immensely…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-04-20 Martin Pawelczyk , Himabindu Lakkaraju , Seth Neel

The term "metaverse", a three-dimensional virtual universe similar to the real realm, has always been full of imagination since it was put forward in the 1990s. Recently, it is possible to realize the metaverse with the continuous emergence…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2023-06-21 Ruoyu Zhao , Yushu Zhang , Youwen Zhu , Rushi Lan , Zhongyun Hua

Metaverse, as an evolving paradigm of the next-generation Internet, aims to build a fully immersive, hyper spatiotemporal, and self-sustaining virtual shared space for humans to play, work, and socialize. Driven by recent advances in…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2022-09-12 Yuntao Wang , Zhou Su , Ning Zhang , Rui Xing , Dongxiao Liu , Tom H. Luan , Xuemin Shen

With the unprecedented diffusion of virtual reality, the number of application scenarios is continuously growing. As commercial and gaming applications become pervasive, the need for the secure and convenient identification of users, often…

Multimedia · Computer Science 2025-04-30 Sara Baldoni , Salim Benhamadi , Federico Chiariotti , Michele Zorzi , Federica Battisti

Eye tracking is routinely being incorporated into virtual reality (VR) systems. Prior research has shown that eye tracking data, if exposed, can be used for re-identification attacks. The state of our knowledge about currently existing…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2024-02-22 Ethan Wilson , Azim Ibragimov , Michael J. Proulx , Sai Deep Tetali , Kevin Butler , Eakta Jain

The rapid growth of metaverse technologies, including virtual worlds, augmented reality, and lifelogging, has accelerated their adoption across diverse domains. This rise exposes users to significant new security and privacy challenges due…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-07-22 Argianto Rahartomo , Leonel Merino , Mohammad Ghafari

Virtual reality (VR), while enhancing user experiences, introduces significant privacy risks. This paper reveals a novel vulnerability in VR systems that allows attackers to capture VR privacy through obstacles utilizing millimeter-wave…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-11-18 Luoyu Mei , Ruofeng Liu , Zhimeng Yin , Qingchuan Zhao , Wenchao Jiang , Shuai Wang , Kangjie Lu , Tian He

Social Virtual Reality (VR) platforms have surged in popularity, yet their security risks remain underexplored. This paper presents four novel UI attacks that covertly manipulate users into performing harmful actions through deceptive…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-10-21 Junhee Lee , Hwanjo Heo , Seungwon Woo , Minseok Kim , Jongseop Kim , Jinwoo Kim

The ethical design of social Virtual Reality (VR) is not a new topic, but "safety" concerns of using social VR are escalated to a different level given the heat of the Metaverse. For example, it was reported that nearly half of the…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2022-04-19 Qingxiao Zheng , Tue Ngoc Do , Lingqing Wang , Yun Huang

Metaverse is a living space and cyberspace that realizes the process of virtualizing and digitizing the real world. It integrates a plethora of existing technologies with the goal of being able to map the real world, even beyond the real…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2022-11-29 Zefeng Chen , Jiayang Wu , Wensheng Gan , Zhenlian Qi

In distributed learning settings, models are iteratively updated with shared gradients computed from potentially sensitive user data. While previous work has studied various privacy risks of sharing gradients, our paper aims to provide a…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-09-02 Zhuohang Li , Andrew Lowy , Jing Liu , Toshiaki Koike-Akino , Kieran Parsons , Bradley Malin , Ye Wang

In an era of increasing interaction with artificial intelligence (AI), users face evolving privacy decisions shaped by complex, uncertain factors. This paper introduces Multiverse Privacy Theory, a novel framework in which each privacy…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-06-13 Ece Gumusel

The risk of isolation in virtual reality (VR) stems from the immersive nature of the technology. VR can transport users to entirely virtual environments, often disconnecting them from the physical world and real-life interactions.…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2025-10-17 Francesco Vona , Evelyn Romanjuk , Sina Hinzmann , Julia Schorlemmer , Navid Ashrafi , Jan-Niklas Voigt-Antons

The modern Mixed Reality devices that make the Metaverse viable require vast information about the physical world and can also violate the privacy of unsuspecting or unwilling bystanders in their vicinity. In this article, we provide an…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2023-11-14 Matthew Corbett , Brendan David-John , Jiacheng Shang , Y. Charlie Hu , Bo Ji

As Virtual Reality (VR) games become more popular, it is crucial to understand how deceptive game design patterns manifest and impact player experiences in this emerging medium. Our study sheds light on the presence and effects of…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2025-04-02 Hilda Hadan , Leah Zhang-Kennedy , Lennart E. Nacke

Virtual reality (VR) is a multibillionaire market that keeps growing, year after year. As VR is becoming prevalent in households and small businesses, it is critical to address the effects that this technology might have on the privacy and…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-12-24 Alberto Giaretta

Latent factor models for recommender systems represent users and items as low dimensional vectors. Privacy risks of such systems have previously been studied mostly in the context of recovery of personal information in the form of usage…

Information Retrieval · Computer Science 2018-12-19 Yehezkel S. Resheff , Yanai Elazar , Moni Shahar , Oren Sar Shalom

Technological advancements have undoubtedly revolutionized various aspects of human life, altering the ways we perceive the world, engage with others, build relationships, and conduct our daily work routines. Among the recent advancements,…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2024-05-10 Ruchi Panchanadikar

Traditional methods for raising awareness of privacy protection often fail to engage users or provide hands-on insights into how privacy vulnerabilities are exploited. To address this, we incorporate an adversarial mechanic in the design of…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2025-05-23 Jiaying Fu , Yiyang Lu , Zehua Yang , Fiona Nah , RAY LC

Deploying machine learning models in production may allow adversaries to infer sensitive information about training data. There is a vast literature analyzing different types of inference risks, ranging from membership inference to…