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Originally Posted by GlenBarrington
It could be my paranoia speaking, but I'm willing to bet there's a marketing angle involved somehow. The discovery of a new way to monetize their users that demands no pesky encryption is the only thing that makes sense to me.
If they don't care about security, why have they spoken out in favor of Apple in the Apple/FBI kerfuffle? Their position in relation to their actions is weird, and I don't think it bodes well for consumer security in the long haul. And THAT means, no more Amazon electronics for me until some clarity is forthcoming.
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Interesting idea that encryption could have gotten in the way of Amazon controlling their tablets as they might wish.
A guy could put on his tinfoil hat and go full paranoid I guess:
http://www.theatlantic.com/technolog...amazon/374632/
It seems fairly horrible timing with Apple vs the FBI, and if Amazon is all for encryption and customer privacy they seem double-minded by supporting Apple on one side while removing their own tablet's OS encryption at the same time.
I really can't get my mind around it as Amazon had it disabled by default, and I used the 2013 7" HD Fire tablet with encryption enabled for awhile with no noticeable lag in the tablet's operation. I will buy that the $49 tablet might suffer if it is enabled, but certainly not their higher end tablets.
It is a red flag for me and even though I want one of their new battery powered Echos, this is enough of a worry that I won't buy one now.