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03-04-2016, 09:31 PM
Amazon ******* encryption from the latest version of Fire OS
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Amazon (http://mashable.com/category/amazon/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial) has ******* device encryption from Fire OS version 5. This means that devices such as the Fire Phone, Amazon Fire HD, and Kindle Fire tablets will ** longer support device encryption, after being updated to Fire OS 5.
Amazon's decision to remove onboard encryption isn't new; Amazon actually dropped the feature from Fire OS 5 back in the fall. As The Verge (http://www.theverge.com/2016/3/3/11157752/amazon-fire-os-encryption-*******-upgrade) points out, a member of Amazon's customer forum **ticed the feature (http://www.amazon.com/forum/kindle/ref=cm_cd_pg_prev?_encoding=UTF8&cdForum=Fx1D7SY3BVSESG&cdPage=1&cdThread=TxGGU4M68VKGPD) was disabled back in February.
See also: Google, Facebook and other tech giants file in court to support Apple's fight against the FBI (http://mashable.com/2016/03/03/tech-industry-support-apple-fbi/)
Amazon Fire devices that shipped with Fire OS 5 did **t ship with encryption support. Users with older devices that had encryption enabled can choose to say on Fire OS 4 if they want the additional protection. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/03/04/amazon-*******-encryption-fire-os/)
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Amazon (http://mashable.com/category/amazon/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial) has ******* device encryption from Fire OS version 5. This means that devices such as the Fire Phone, Amazon Fire HD, and Kindle Fire tablets will ** longer support device encryption, after being updated to Fire OS 5.
Amazon's decision to remove onboard encryption isn't new; Amazon actually dropped the feature from Fire OS 5 back in the fall. As The Verge (http://www.theverge.com/2016/3/3/11157752/amazon-fire-os-encryption-*******-upgrade) points out, a member of Amazon's customer forum **ticed the feature (http://www.amazon.com/forum/kindle/ref=cm_cd_pg_prev?_encoding=UTF8&cdForum=Fx1D7SY3BVSESG&cdPage=1&cdThread=TxGGU4M68VKGPD) was disabled back in February.
See also: Google, Facebook and other tech giants file in court to support Apple's fight against the FBI (http://mashable.com/2016/03/03/tech-industry-support-apple-fbi/)
Amazon Fire devices that shipped with Fire OS 5 did **t ship with encryption support. Users with older devices that had encryption enabled can choose to say on Fire OS 4 if they want the additional protection. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/03/04/amazon-*******-encryption-fire-os/)
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