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Identity and Threats in the Virtual WorldKeywords: virtual world , virtual identities , escape from the real world , increasing information system security , identity status , diffusion , foreclosure , moratorium , achievement Abstract: Use of information technology in creating virtual worlds and virtual personalities or identities carries not only positive but also negative aspects. Inability to identify a real person opens a possibility to use different technologies for the suppression of personality, the possibility of various hazardous groups, alienation from real life and so on. Increasing the security of information systems results in eliminating hazards to IT, processed information, and also the users themselves.
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