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NYU Stern’s Center for Business and Human Rights stresses the need for a comprehensive privacy law, warning of significant privacy threats in the burgeoning metaverse. Despite all of its benefits, the next iteration of the internet poses “unprecedented” risks of the “potential erosion of privacy” and the proliferation of abuse in virtual environments. According to a report from NYU’s Stern Center for Business and Human Rights (CBHR), experiences in virtual reality (VR) may result in profound and lasting psychological harm. The scheme of how VR devices collect data from a user | Source: NYU Stern The report says the main issue is not how emerging devices like VR headsets work but how they use the collected data from users. For instance, scientists at the University of California at Berkeley and Unanimous AI have recently found that even the most basic VR headset with a motion tracker can collect lots of data from a user, including their identity,...

Tips and tricks that help protect users from the perils of phishing scams that take place in the Web3 space. What are the main dangers and threats when interacting with websites in Web3?Why is bookmarking trusted websites in your browser critical for Web3 security?What are the risks of connecting your wallet to a website?How do hackers exploit seed phrases, and why is it critical to leave them confidential?What are the risks of signing messages on unfamiliar websites?How to minimize risks when interacting with Web3 websites? What are the main dangers and threats when interacting with websites in Web3? Although good-willed people try to flourish in the crypto economy, the crypto space is not completely free from malicious actors. Here are a few of the threats lurking in the shadows of the blockchain world: Phishing scams: The attacker sends mass emails or messages as the first step of a phishing attack. These emails or messages look like they are from a legitimate source, such as a wal...

Trezor Model T users can now hide their transaction history and balance while purchasing, donating and making other transactions with Bitcoin. Cryptocurrency hardware Wallet firm Trezor is expanding the privacy of Bitcoin (BTC) transactions through collaboration with the privacy -focused Wasabi Wallet. Trezor has rolled out the privacy -enabling CoinJoin feature on its hardware wallet s, allowing users to enhance the privacy and security of Bitcoin transactions. In the announcement on April 19, Trezor noted that the new function is immediately live on the company’s Trezor Model T wallet. The company plans to enable the CoinJoin option for its first hardware wallet, the Model One, in the near future. CoinJoin is a process used to anonymize Bitcoin transactions that enables users to send their BTC as part of a large collaborative transfer and obfuscate transaction history. The method was introduced by former Bitcoin core developer Gregory Maxwell in August 2013, providing an option t...