Call-recording app Neon goes offline after security flaw uncovered<p style="text-align:left;"><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Arial, sans-serif;">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, but the service was taken offline today. </span><a target="_blank" class="link" href="
https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/25/viral-call-recording-app-neon-goes-dark-after-exposing-users-phone-numbers-call-recordings-and-transcripts/"><span style="color:rgb(17, 85, 204);font-family:Arial, sans-serif;">
TechCrunch</span>[/url]<span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"> reported that it found a security flaw that allowed any logged-in user to access other accounts' phone numbers, the phone numbers called, call recordings and transcripts. </span></p><p style="text-align:left;"><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Arial, sans-serif;">
TechCrunch said that it contacted Neon founder Alex Kiam about the issue. "Kiam told
TechCrunch later Thursday that he took down the app’s servers and began notifying users about pausing the app, but fell short of informing his users about the security lapse," the publication reported. The app went dark “soon after”
TC contacted Kiam. Neon does not appear to have a timeline about if or when the service will resume or what additional security protections it may add. </span></p><p style="text-align:left;"><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Arial, sans-serif;">The full report from
TechCrunch is </span><a target="_blank" class="link" href="
https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/25/viral-call-recording-app-neon-goes-dark-after-exposing-users-phone-numbers-call-recordings-and-transcripts/"><span style="color:rgb(17, 85, 204);font-family:Arial, sans-serif;">here</span>[/url]<span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"> and certainly worth reading if you've used Neon. </span></p><p style="text-align:left;"></p>This article originally appeared on Engadget at
https://www.engadget.com/call-recording-app-neon-goes-offline-after-security-flaw-uncovered-223425297.html?src=rssSource:
Call-recording app Neon goes offline after security flaw uncovered
