[Cryptography] Vice: Amazon removes full disk encryption from its Android devices

[Henry Baker]

At 01:07 PM 3/3/2016, Perry E. Metzger wrote:
>According to this report, while Apple has been busy increasing the security of its products, Amazon has been reducing the security on its equipment.
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>https://motherboard.vice.com/read/amazon-removes-device-encryption-fire-os-kindle-phones-and-tablets

Perhaps Amazon doesn't have the time or money to fight the FBI & DoJ with the same ferocity as Apple.

If Amazon really wanted to throw in the towel on encryption, they'd remove all the DRM from their devices, as well.

Keeping DRM (encryption) while deleting user encryption shows that encryption isn't allowed for "the little people", only for the corporate overlords.

Cory Doctorow has discussed Amazon's DRM issues at length; perhaps boingboing.net will have the links.