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Amazon Quietly Removes Encryption Support from its devices in Fire OS 5

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Why? (Score: 0)

by Anonymous Coward on 2016-03-08 00:32 (#16B0Q)

Just... why...

Re: Why? (Score: 3, Informative)

by Anonymous Coward on 2016-03-08 01:59 (#16B5W)

Don't fret, in news that renders this story outdated, amazon have returned encryption in Fire OS.

Re: Why? (Score: 0)

by Anonymous Coward on 2016-03-08 12:58 (#16CMY)

Let's all sing "They were asshats after all" to the tune of "It's a small world". Ready? 1,2,3,4

Re: Why? (Score: 0)

by Anonymous Coward on 2016-03-09 00:48 (#16EZW)

It is quite concerning just how readily businesses are willing to comply with Big Brother.

Re: Why? (Score: 3, Insightful)

by fnj@pipedot.org on 2016-03-10 11:21 (#16MC3)

It is quite concerning just how readily businesses are willing to comply with Big Brother.
Most definitely, but not just businesses - people in general. Not just comply, but demand to be oppressed.

Re: Why? (Score: 1, Interesting)

by Anonymous Coward on 2016-03-10 21:18 (#16PDJ)

Try asking them a whole lot of intrusive questions, and they start to get a bit squeamish on giving you the details, though. Apparently a faceless government minion is trustworthy, yet someone they trust as a friend is not.

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Marked as [Not Junk] by bryan@pipedot.org on 2016-05-06 23:02