In a sterile apartment, Bryan Mills (Liam Neeson) is sitting with a phone in his white-knuckled grip. The men on the other end are the ones who have just kidnapped his daughter, Kim (Maggie Grace).

Earlier today, we covered the skyrocketing success of Neon, an app that pays users in exchange for recording their phone calls. Now, the app has gone offline, following the discovery of an egregious ...