Disadvantages of smart dustThere are still plenty of concerns with wide-scale adoption of smart dust that need to be sorted out. Here are a few disadvantages of smart dust:Privacy concerns:Many that have reservations about the real-world implications of smart dust are concerned about privacy issues. Your imagination can run wild regarding the negative privacy implications when smart dust falls into the wrong hands. Control:Once billions of smart dust devices are deployed over an area it would be difficult to retrieve or capture them if necessary. In fact, Gartner listed smart dust technology for the first time in its Gartner Hype Cycle in 2016.

Source: Forbes September 17, 2018 03:45 UTC