Wearables are gaining a lot of traction in healthcare. Twenty-one percent of American adults already own a wearable device, according to a PricewaterhouseCoopers survey. Despite their proliferation, many adults still have reservations about the widespread use of wearables, mostly that wearables make people more vulnerable to security breaches.
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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