Neon, the No. 2 social app on the Apple App Store, pays users to record their phone calls and sells data to AI firms

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Neon Mobile, a controversial app that pays users to record phone calls and sell the audio to AI companies, has surged to become the No. 2 social networking app on Apple’s U.S. App Store.

• The app offers users 30 cents per minute for calls with other Neon users and 15 cents per minute for calls to non-users, with a daily earning cap of $30, allowing users to potentially earn hundreds or thousands of dollars annually.

• Neon sells the recorded voice data to undisclosed AI firms for training machine learning models, granting itself “worldwide, exclusive, irrevocable” rights to use, sell, and distribute user recordings through its terms of service.

• Privacy experts warn the app poses serious security risks, as voice data could be exploited for AI-generated fraud or impersonation, with cybersecurity attorney Peter Jackson noting that “once your voice is over there, it can be used for fraud”.

• The app’s rapid rise from obscurity to outranking established platforms like Instagram, WhatsApp, and Gmail reflects users’ willingness to trade intimate personal data for immediate financial incentives despite privacy concerns

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