Here are the top nine drawbacks of wearables, as indicated by surveyed consumers.
1. Wearable tech will make us vulnerable to security breaches: 86 percent
2. Wearable tech will invade my privacy: 82 percent
3. Wearable tech will hurt our ability to relate to other humans: 72 percent
4. Wearable tech will make me too dependent on technology: 68 percent
5. Wearable tech will lead us all to own and use too many devices: 65 percent
6. Wearable tech will take away my autonomy at work: 54 percent
7. Wearable tech will turn us into robots: 52 percent
8. Wearable tech will make my job unnecessary/redundant: 47 percent
9. Wearable tech will make everyone look ridiculous: 37 percent
The survey sampled 1,000 consumers on an online survey.
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