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New social app Neon sells your recorded phone calls for AI data training — here's why this is a terrible idea

A new app called Neon Mobile has skyrocketed to the number two spot in the App Store's social networking category which pays users for the recorded audio from their phone calls. As reported by ...
ZDNet

Popular Neon app that pays users to share call recordings remains down for now - here's why

The Neon app has a security flaw that can expose call data. The app has been taken offline for now. The developer expects the app to return in one to two weeks. People trying to earn money by sharing ...
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Call-Recording App Neon Disappeared Abruptly. Now It's Back for Another Try

In September, the Neon app briefly became a sensation on app download charts by promising to pay users for recording and sharing their phone calls. Then it abruptly went offline amid controversy over ...
9to5Mac

Neon app to sell your audio calls says it will return after massive security breach

Neon, the app that pays you to share your audio recordings with an AI system, says that it will return despite its recent massive security breach. The app shot up the App Store ratings after promising ...
Gizmodo

Neon, an App That Pays to Record Your Phone Calls Hit #2 on the App Store, Taken Down Over Security Flaw

After coming out of nowhere, a viral new app that pays people to record their phone calls for the purpose of training AI has been yanked offline after a security flaw allegedly exposed user data. Neon ...
Mashable

Neon, the viral app that pays users to record calls, goes offline after exposing data

A significant security flaw has resulted in the viral app that paid users to record their phone calls going offline. Credit: time99lek / iStock / Getty Images Plus Less than 24 hours after receiving ...
Yahoo Finance

Viral call-recording app Neon goes dark after exposing users’ phone numbers, call recordings, and transcripts

A viral app called Neon, which offers to record your phone calls and pay you for the audio so it can sell that data to AI companies, has rapidly risen to the ranks of the top-five free iPhone apps ...
Business Insider

Neon, a buzzy app that pays to record your calls for AI training data, goes offline to address a security scandal

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Founder of Viral Call-Recording App Neon Says Service Will Come Back, With a Bonus

A controversial app that claims to pay people for recordings of their phone calls, which are then used to train AI models, could soon return after being disabled due to a significant security flaw.
Engadget

Call-recording app Neon goes offline after security flaw uncovered

Neon is an call-recording app that pays users for access to the audio, which the app in turn sells to AI companies for training their models. Since its launch last week, it quickly rose in popularity, ...
techtimes

AI App Neon Mobile Pays Users for Call Recordings, But at What Cost to Privacy?

AI app Neon Mobile has recently been making rounds on social media. It's not the usual application you see on the App Store and Play Store. It is taking it even further by promising to pay individuals ...