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Originally Posted by Regina
Summary of what I read in few posts
These older Kindle devices do not support recent TLS versions. TLS - Transport Layer Security. Something to do with security when the device connects to server. Amazon servers currently accept old version of TLS and hence, everything works. Whenever the day comes, I think that Amazon servers will switch off the support for old TLS versions and the devices would not be able to communicate with Amazon servers and hence, would lose functionality.
As per Gemini, TLS v1.3 is current standard, v1.2 is transition state. v1.0 and v1.1 are deprecated. So, I think that they are killing TLS v1.0 and v1.1 which would render these older devices useless (with respect to connecting to Amazon servers).
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TLS version is irrelevant for the K3 and later. They already don't work for the store or most of the internet (and the browsers were always poor anyway). The earlier models hardly connect at all, maybe the DXG in some places with GSM-EDGE. It costs Amazon nothing and is no risk to allow the models to connect.
Or bring back in Browser downloads for all ebooks and then the Kindles don't need to connect and even the ones with a Cell service can work via USB. As of yesterday Amazon was still paying for the SIM access in my DXG on GSM (EDGE)!
Also do not quote Google Gemini. Totally unreliable garbage wasting the environment. Use regular search and quote real sources.
It's not about security, it's about the later firmwares that can't run on old Kindles to let Amazon spy effectively and control. The way KU works is to suit Amazon at the expense of user Privacy and author payment.