{"id":87860,"date":"2016-04-13T12:36:07","date_gmt":"2016-04-13T10:36:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onsoftware.en.softonic.com\/?p=87860"},"modified":"2025-07-01T23:59:56","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T06:59:56","slug":"do-you-use-whatsapp-behind-the-wheel-this-new-app-could-help-the-police-convict-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/do-you-use-whatsapp-behind-the-wheel-this-new-app-could-help-the-police-convict-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Do you use WhatsApp behind the wheel? This new app could help the police convict you"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you happen to be using <strong>WhatsApp<\/strong> (or any other messaging application for that matter) just before a car accident, the police may be able to find out and potentially take action. At least that\u2019s what the creators of \u201c<strong>textalyzer<\/strong>\u201d are \u2013 a new tool intended to help the authorities figure out if mobile distraction could have been the cause of the accident \u2013 are saying.<\/p>\n<p>Although the \u201c<strong>textalyzer<\/strong>\u201d is not yet operational, it is currently waiting to be legislated in <strong>New York<\/strong>. If approved, and proves to be successful, we can surely expect to see it reach other corners of the globe in time.<\/p>\n<p>The tool itself has the ability to respect the privacy of its users. The <strong>textalyzer<\/strong> does not read conversations, contacts, phone numbers \u2013 it only has the ability to detect whether or not you have used your mobile just before an accident has taken place.<\/p>\n<p><em>Source:<\/em> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2016\/apr\/12\/new-york-bill-textalyzer-car-crash-smartphone-reader\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Guardian<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you happen to be using WhatsApp (or any other messaging application for that matter) just before a car accident, the police may be able to find out and potentially take action. At least that\u2019s what the creators of \u201ctextalyzer\u201d are \u2013 a new tool intended to help the authorities figure out if mobile distraction &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/do-you-use-whatsapp-behind-the-wheel-this-new-app-could-help-the-police-convict-you\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Do you use WhatsApp behind the wheel? This new app could help the police convict you&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2040,"featured_media":87861,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[2441],"tags":[2333],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-87860","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-how-to","tag-app-subdomain-redirectionwhatsapp"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87860","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2040"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87860"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87860\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":329076,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87860\/revisions\/329076"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/87861"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87860"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87860"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87860"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=87860"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=87860"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=87860"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}