Social App Neon Pays Users to Record Their Phone Calls, Sells Data to AI Firms
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The social app Neon pays users to record their phone calls, raising concerns about data privacy and exploitation, with commenters expressing outrage and disappointment at users' willingness to trade their privacy for money.
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Maybe the question was never whether people needed fundamental rights, but whether they deserved them.
Have you considered that the people doing this are those for whom 30$ a day is a big deal? You can’t feed your kids with privacy, but 30$ goes a long way.
People who, of course, know much better than the poor what's good for them, condemn giving them that opportunity.