This is not the Twilight Zone, and this is not a drill.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
This is it. At 30 years old, I have officially become an old person screaming at technology. OK. OK. I\u2019m OK. I did that \u201cbreathe in a paper bag\u201d thing for a second and I\u2019m back now.<\/p>\n The Textalyzer is, by all appearances, a hardcoded tablet designed to hack your phone and determine your recent activity. It\u2019s being developed for use by law enforcement, and the present developer is explicit in limiting functionality to reading timestamps and duration.<\/p>\n Message content and app data are not, he says emphatically, part of the deal, just if you were doing the wrong thing at the wrong time.<\/p>\n The concern is distracted driving, which is a big deal.<\/p>\n Distracted driving caused 3,477 fatalities in 2015 alone, per the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, of which a substantial chunk came from texting or otherwise smartphoning while driving.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n It\u2019s a big enough problem that the flippin\u2019 CDC has gotten involved, with stats and details to be found here<\/a>.<\/p>\n That said, it\u2019s easy to overstate the numbers on vehicular dangers, because driving is by a wide margin the most dangerous thing most Americans do. Traffic fatalities in general spiked in 2015<\/a>, and you guys know the rule about correlation and causation.<\/p>\n![\"bar\"](\"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/bar.jpg\")
\nThe Textalyzer. What. What<\/a>.<\/p>\nWhat does it actually see?<\/h2>\n
With trouble comes repercussion<\/h2>\n
So is this a threat, or do we have nothing to fear?<\/h2>\n