There are many disadvantages of using Wearable Computing. Below are a list compiled by the author of this post.
- Equipment can be heavy
- Expensive
- Some Wearable Computers can consist of alot of wiring
- Can cause iritation in heat
- Side-Effects such as Headaches
- Wearable Computers can invade privacy
- Can be used to gain an unfair advantage over others such as Casinos
- Being tracked wherever you go
- Costly
- It may become easier to get data on an individual if the item is
lost/stolen
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Privacy issues: Probably the most important problem is that ubiquitous computing environments pose serious privacy risks. By watching everything a user does these systems have the potential to leak all our actions, preferences, and locations to others unknown to us, now or in the future. Unfortunately it seems to be a truism that the most useful information is also the most personal. For example, several experiments at Xerox PARC, EuroPARC, and the Olivetti Research Center used active badge systems to support location-based information and collaboration. In these systems, participants wear badges that broadcast their location to sensors positioned in each room [Want, 1992]. The researchers suggested a combination of both technical and social mechanisms to help address this problem. However, as Foner points out [Foner, 1999], sometimes good security and a strong corporate privacy policy is not enough to protect a person's privacy.
Source: http://alumni.media.mit.edu/~rhodes/Papers/wearhive.html
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