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Neon, the No. 2 social app on the Apple App Store, pays users to record their phone calls and sells data to AI firms (techcrunch.com)
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/54293207

people are doing this willingly??!!!

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[–] A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 30 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Already pulled off the store because people could hack it and listen to other people's phone calls:

https://lemmy.zip/post/49566845

@shyguyblue@lemmy.world makes an important argument though: what about the other part in every phone call? Did they consent, too?

[–] Quexotic@infosec.pub 1 points 16 hours ago

Lol. Of course the security is garbage.

[–] shyguyblue@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

🥂 Here's hoping the fallout will rain down on the developers.