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Amazon Just Removed Encryption From the Software Powering Kindles, Smartphones, Tablets (dailydot.com)

Posted by whipslash on from the backdoor-or-no-door dept.

Patrick O'Neill writes: While Apple continues to resist a court order requiring it to help the FBI access a terrorist's phone, another major tech company took a strange and unexpected step away from encryption. Amazon has removed device encryption from the operating system that powers its Kindle e-reader, Fire Phone, Fire Tablet, and Fire TV devices. The change, which took effect in Fire OS 5, affects millions of users.

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  1. Not the e-ink kindle! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    Only the Fire OS powered Kindle, which is a full fledged tablet with the Amazon android fork. Old fashioned e-ink kindle doesn't have encryption to start with.

  2. Re:What is encrypted on these devices? by bigCstyle · · Score: 4, Informative

    and integrated one click payment/account info

  3. Re:Sources? by whipslash · · Score: 4, Informative

    http://motherboard.vice.com/re...

  4. Re:What is encrypted on these devices? by gl4ss · · Score: 4, Informative

    the kindles running fire os are android tablets. it's just a name for their fork.

    I think they quit paying whoever was providing them with that or it's not compatible with new kernel and they can't be bothered to fix it.

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