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Neon app that sold recorded phone calls for AI training is now offline after a security flaw exposed all of its users' data

Editor's note: After yesterday's story was published, TechCrunch received additional information about the Neon app that indicated there had been a security flaw that allowed any user to access the ...
TechCrunch

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 ...
9to5Mac

T-Mobile customer call and text data captured from unencrypted satellite comms; military data too

Security researchers at two US universities were able to intercept T-Mobile customer call and text data from completely unencrypted satellite communications. Researchers were also able to eavesdrop on ...
AOL

BRICS leaders to call for data protections against unauthorized AI use

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) -Leaders of the BRICS group of developing nations will call for protections against unauthorized use of artificial intelligence (AI) to avoid excessive data collection and ...
CNET

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.
Bleeping Computer

Verizon Call Filter API flaw exposed customers' incoming call history

A vulnerability in Verizon's Call Filter feature allowed customers to access the incoming call logs for another Verizon Wireless number through an unsecured API request. The flaw was discovered by ...