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'Textalyzer' Aims to Curb Distracted Driving, but What About Privacy?
- leejoramo 10y agoThe description of 'Textalyzer' sounds dishonest. I can't tell if this is a fake product being sold to unsophisticated police agencies, or deceiving the public about what is really happening. The only way I can see it working is for the owner of the phone to login and allow a full backup via USB. This requires much more than "tap one button" and "90 seconds" Even then I am not sure that iOS or Android will provide all of the data they are claiming to collect. > "They can simply just tap one button ... and it will process, about 90 seconds or so, and it will show what the last activities were — again that could be a text message and so on — with a time stamp," > The device would display a summary of what apps on the phone were open and in use, he says, as well as screen taps and swipes. "For example, if it was a WhatsApp message, or a call, it will indicate what the source was, the time stamp, and then what the direction of the communication was — so if it was an outgoing call versus an incoming call."
- finnn 10y agoThat or it'e exploiting some flaw in the OS. I wonder how long until we see an app that will ship fake data off the phone when one of these devices is plugged in.
- finnn 10y agoI'm worried that this is marked as "just like a brethalyzer" when it's really much more equivalent to "just like the government demanding full access to your phone", presumably they will claim that it does one thing and doesn't do another, but it will be closed source and no one will be able to verify that.