A new app that promises to pay people for recordings of their phone calls, which are then used to train AI models, has been disabled after a major security flaw was reported. Neon is still in the top 10 of iOS free app downloads, but after TechCrunch reported Thursday on a security flaw the news site found in the service, its …
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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 since its launch last week. The app already has thousands of users and was downloaded 75,000 times yesterday alone, according to …
Read More »Menendez parole hearings: Audio recording’s release interrupts proceeding as brothers’ parole is denied
Facebook Tweet Email Link The unexpected release of audio from Erik Menendez’s tightly controlled parole hearing last week nearly derailed Friday’s proceedings for his brother, Lyle, and infuriated his family members – who raised questions about the recording’s impact on the outcome and how it was released. The tumultuous session concluded with a California parole board denying parole for Lyle, …
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