News Summary

• Anker, the Chinese company that makes Eufy security cameras, offered its users money in exchange for videos of package and car thefts.
• This initiative shows that companies are willing to pay to get users’ data they think can be useful to train their AI models.
• While this gives some users the ability to get value out of their own data, there are security and privacy risks involved.
• Last week, TechCrunch found that Neon, a viral calling app that offered money to users willing to share recordings and transcripts of their calls, had a security flaw that allowed users to access any other user’s data.