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Neon App Offline After Major Security Breach

9/26/2025

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Neon, an app to record/sell calls, is offline after a major security flaw.
It was downloaded 75,000 times in one day, but the flaw exposed numbers, recordings, transcripts.
Founder Alex Kiam acknowledged the issue but did not inform users in shutdown email.
Neon says it removes identifiers from recordings for AI, but retains voice data; future depends on security review.

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Story summary

Neon, an app to record/sell calls, is offline after a major security flaw.
It was downloaded 75,000 times in one day, but the flaw exposed numbers, recordings, transcripts.
Founder Alex Kiam acknowledged the issue but did not inform users in shutdown email.
Neon says it removes identifiers from recordings for AI, but retains voice data; future depends on security review.