The tools and innovations available in the metadata store can also be used to develop new data types. cybercrimeas well as facilitating illegal practices in the real world. The warning was issued by the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) on Thursday 27th.
in an interview with Reuters, the company’s general manager of technology and innovation, Madan Oberoi, gave an example of how this could happen. “If a terrorist group wants to attack a physical area, they can use that area (the metaverse) to plan, simulate and launch their exercises before attacking,” he said.
Phishing and other scams virtual fraud they would also have the opportunity to reach a “new level” by leveraging the combination of augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR). Oberoi also addressed issues related to children’s online safety as another concern of Interpol.
The European Union Police Cooperation Agency (Europol) was also concerned about the possibility of increasing metaverse crimes. In a recent report, the business He pointed out that terrorist groups may use the virtual world in the future to defend their own causes, recruit and train new members..
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Europol also spoke of other illegal uses of the virtual environment that worry European authorities; for example, monitoring of personal information by stalkers and those interested in blackmailing someone. As the agency explains, this would happen if interactions in the digital world were recorded on the blockchain.
Considering ways to combat these practices, Interpol is a kind of metaverse police station. Presented at the agency’s 90th General Assembly in India last week, the project is already functional and is a virtual version of the organization’s headquarters in France.
HE Called the Initiative, the Interpol Metaverse allows officers to participate in training, exchange information and perform other tasks using their avatars.
Source: Tec Mundo
