A new app that promises to pay people for recordings of their phone calls, which are then used to train AI models , has been disabled after a major security flaw was reported.

Neon is still in the top 10 of iOS free app downloads, but after TechCrunch reported Thursday about a security flaw that the news site found in the service, its servers have apparently been made unavailable to users.

The app can still be downloaded, but it's no longer functioning. It's unclear whether the service will return or how long it will take.

Emails to Neon Mobile , the company behind the app, have not been returned.

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