Metaverse Security and Privacy Research: A Systematic Review

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dc.catalogadorjca
dc.contributor.authorRahartomo, Argianto
dc.contributor.authorMerino Del Campo, Leonel Alejandro
dc.contributor.authorGhafari, Mohammad
dc.date.accessioned2025-12-09T13:32:39Z
dc.date.available2025-12-09T13:32:39Z
dc.date.issued2025
dc.description.abstractThe 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 to sociotechnical complexity, pervasive connectivity, and extensive user data collection in immersive environments. We present a systematic review of the literature published between 2013 and 2024, offering a comprehensive analysis of how the research community has addressed metaverse-related security and privacy issues over the past decade. We organize the studies by method, examined the security and privacy properties, immersive components, and evaluation strategies. Our investigation reveals a sharp increase in research activity in the last five years, a strong focus on practical and user-centered approaches, and a predominant use of benchmarking, human experimentation, and qualitative methods. Authentication and unobservability are the most frequently studied properties. However, critical gaps remain in areas such as policy compliance, accessibility, interoperability, and back-end infrastructure security. We emphasize the intertwined technical complexity and human factors of the metaverse and call for integrated, interdisciplinary approaches to securing inclusive and trustworthy immersive environments.
dc.description.funderANID Fondecyt Iniciacion 11230349
dc.fechaingreso.objetodigital2025-12-09
dc.format.extent20 páginas
dc.fuente.origenSIPA
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.cose.2025.104602
dc.identifier.scopusidSCOPUS_ID:105011505827
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.cose.2025.104602
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167404825002913
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.uc.cl/handle/11534/107300
dc.identifier.wosidWOS:001558275400002
dc.information.autorucEscuela de Diseño; Merino Del Campo, Leonel Alejandro; 0000-0002-5396-487X; 14305
dc.language.isoen
dc.nota.accesocontenido completo
dc.pagina.final20
dc.pagina.inicio1
dc.revistaComputers and Security
dc.rightsacceso abierto
dc.rights.licenseAttribution 4.0 International
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectMetaverse
dc.subjectPrivacy
dc.subjectSecurity
dc.subject.ddc700
dc.titleMetaverse Security and Privacy Research: A Systematic Review
dc.typeartículo
dc.volumen157
sipa.codpersvinculados14305
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