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Amazon's Silk: SaaS Is Closing the Net

Posted by Soulskill on from the how-many-gardens-can-fit-in-an-internet dept.

jfruhlinger writes "Much of the initial reaction to Amazon's Silk browser was interest in how it uses the cloud to speed up browsing. But at what cost? There are privacy concerns, of course, as Amazon will have a record of your browsing; but in a larger philosophical sense, Silk is of a piece with Facebook and Apple's iOS walled garden, an intermediary between you and the Internet."

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  1. Re:How do they handle SSL? by JordanH · · Score: 4, Funny

    I wonder how this automatic man in the middle handles SSL connections? Does it pass that traffic though? Does it open a new connection and handle the SSL handshake in the cloud?
    Sniffing people's bank accounts is a great service, would bring 1 click buy to a new level.

    0 click buy!

  2. Re:AOL better comparison by MightyYar · · Score: 5, Funny

    Both get posted way too often to Slashdot?

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