Cash-for-Calls Neon App Makes Stealth Return With One Key Change

Two months back, the Neon app soared to the top five of app download charts on a promise to pay you for recording and sharing your phone calls, then abruptly went offline. It now has quietly returned to the iOS App Store and the Google Play store with a new version that makes it functional again.

In late September, the company that makes Neon disabled the app after the news site TechCrunch discovered a security flaw that allowed access to other people’s call information. The app’s founder, Alex Kiam,…