G+_Chris Whitener Posted March 5, 2016 Share Posted March 5, 2016 Originally shared by Scott Wyant Bowing to the fear mongering of the FBI and political demagogues, Amazon removes full disk encryption on all fireOS devices. http://boingboing.net/2016/03/03/as-apple-fights-the-fbi-tooth.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Dennis Dowd Posted March 5, 2016 Share Posted March 5, 2016 Each company will make a decision around this subject, we can reward them by buying their products. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Scott Wyant Posted March 5, 2016 Share Posted March 5, 2016 Dennis Dowd indeed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Randy Hudson Posted March 5, 2016 Share Posted March 5, 2016 So I suppose this means they can also activate Alexa and listen in any time they want to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Scott Wyant Posted March 5, 2016 Share Posted March 5, 2016 Randy Hudson they've already admitted as much. http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/02/us-intelligence-chief-says-iot-climate-change-add-to-global-instability/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Randy Hudson Posted March 5, 2016 Share Posted March 5, 2016 Yes I know it's possible Scott Wyant but at least Apple, Microsoft and Google appear to be putting up a fight against handing this data over to the feds. Amazon on the other hand appears to have rolled over and begged for a treat from their masters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Scott Wyant Posted March 5, 2016 Share Posted March 5, 2016 Randy Hudson indeed it looks like that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Phillip Stewart Posted March 5, 2016 Share Posted March 5, 2016 No, Amazon made this decision long ago because no one used it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Scott Wyant Posted March 5, 2016 Share Posted March 5, 2016 Phillip Stewart Amazon may have made their decision long ago, but full disk encryption was only removed as system option in the latest software update in December 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Phillip Stewart Posted March 5, 2016 Share Posted March 5, 2016 http://techcrunch.com/2016/03/05/amazon-u-turns-on-device-encryption/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Scott Wyant Posted March 5, 2016 Share Posted March 5, 2016 Phillip Stewart this is a welcome change of heart from Amazon. Thank you for bringing this to my attention Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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