# Can XR Avoid The Privacy Missteps Of The Past?

## Overview

**Authors:** Mike Boland

**Publication Date:** 15 September 2022

**Link:** <https://arinsider.co/2022/09/15/can-xr-avoid-the-privacy-missteps-that-preceded-it/>

**Keywords:** XR safety initiative, privacy reform, spatial computing, extended reality, shared responsibility model, cybersecurity in XR, data protection, responsible innovation, user trust, Web3 ethics

**Type:** Articles/Reports

## Summary

This all leads up to the concept of getting it \[privacy] right from the beginning. That paradigm shift wouldn’t be necessary if best practices were standardized at the starting line. This is a key concept for spatial computing and XR (AR and VR) because that’s precisely where they now stand.


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