Perceptions of the Privacy and Security of Virtual Reality

Adams, Devon; Bah, Alseny; Barwulor, Catherine; Musabay, Nureli; Pitkin, Kadeem; Redmiles, Elissa

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Title

Perceptions of the Privacy and Security of Virtual Reality

Author(s)

• Adams, Devon
• Bah, Alseny
• Barwulor, Catherine
• Musabay, Nureli
• Pitkin, Kadeem
• Redmiles, Elissa

Issue Date

2018

Keyword(s)

• virtual reality
• usable security
• privacy
• ubiquitous computing
• internet of things

Abstract

Virtual Reality (VR) is projected to grow into a $100B industry in the next five years. While a preliminary body of research has begun to explore security vulnerabilities and privacy threats in VR, little prior work has explored how users of VR systems perceive these threats or how developers are coping with them. By understanding users' and developers' perceptions early in the VR adoption life-cycle, we have a unique opportunity to inform the development of policies, educational materials, and corporate best-practices to ensure the protection of VR users. In this poster, we present preliminary findings from semi-structured interviews with home VR users focused on their use of VR, their awareness of data collection and privacy/security threats, and potential tensions between users' and developers' understandings and mitigations of these threats.

Publisher

iSchools

Series/Report Name or Number

iConference 2018 Proceedings

Type of Resource

text

Language

eng

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Copyright 2018 is held by Devon Adams, Alseny Bah, Catherine Barwulor, Nureli Musabay, Kadeem Pitkin, Elissa Redmiles. Copyright permissions, when appropriate, must be obtained directly from the authors.

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