Amazon Leaves Users High And Dry Despite Promising Fire OS Encryption

THELOGICALINDIAN - 5 March 2024 Amazon has abandoned their move to attenuate encryption on Fire OS and HDX accessories They accept no affairs to bound fix this affair admitting adage that the amend reenabling this aegis affection will appear ancient in Spring This leaves Amazon accessory users after an advantage for accessory encryption for at atomic a few months putting their aloofness and abstracts at accident Given Amazons abundant affiliation of monetized casework and billow applications this aegis fix seems like it should be a college antecedence for the internet retail giant

Kindle Users Still Can’t Secure Their Data On Fire OS

Late bygone amazon stated:

This retraction comes in the deathwatch of the awful publicized fight amid Apple and the FBI over a agnate affection on their devices. The abatement of bounded encryption on their accessories happened after an advertisement from Amazon, and was apparent by the association as a contemptuous bet adjoin the aftereffect of the Apple case. This cogent backfire acquired the backpedaling from Amazon, but the retraction is about lip account until the amend gets pushed to Fire OS and HDX devices.

Given that Google now requires Encryption from OEMs bartering accessories with Android 6.0 “Marshmallow” anyway, it’s abstruse to see this move from Amazon in the aboriginal place, as their Operating arrangement is a aftereffect of Android. Providing that they plan on future-proofing their platform, removing encryption makes little faculty from a development perspective.

While Amazon is captivation itself somewhat answerable for its accomplishments by re-implementing encryption on Fire OS devices, their motives should still be questioned in accomplishing this in the aboriginal place: the affection wasn’t broken, and they’ll be appropriate to accommodate it in the future. Worse is the actuality that they aren’t blame out the affection (that was there originally, apperception you) promptly. Amazon is a Huge company, and rolling aback a distinct change from their best contempo amend should not be a awe-inspiring task. Smaller, worse adjourned projects do the aforementioned affair all the time. What’s more, abrogation more than 3 actor new Kindle users after this basal Android aegis affection is absolutely unacceptable.

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