Amazon reversed course on a decision to remove device-level encryption from its Fire OS 5 tablets and said the feature will return this spring. Amazon reversed course on its unpopular decision to ...

Amazon’s decision to remove device encryption from its tablets has sparked a backlash with customers and raised concerns wtih privacy activists. Amazon’s decision to remove encryption from its tablets ...

One of the reasons so many companies are backing Apple in its battle against the Department of Justice is because they believe their products should feature strong encryption that doesn't have ...

March 3 (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc has quietly dropped support for disk encryption on its Fire tablets, saying the feature that secures devices by scrambling data was ...

Well, that didn't last long. And we have to say, Amazon has some unfortunate timing—intentionally or otherwise. Right in the middle of the giant encryption fight between the FBI and Apple, Amazon ...

(Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) said it plans to restore an encryption feature on its Fire tablets after customers and privacy advocates criticized the company for quietly removing the security ...

While Apple is neck deep in the courts fighting an FBI court order to unlock the iPhone, Amazon quietly drops support for device encryption from its Fire OS operating system. Fire OS is a customized ...

Amazon said Saturday it plans to reinstate an encryption feature for its Kindle Fire tablet after coming under scrutiny for disabling the feature, which is necessary for keeping user data secure.

Update: Amazon will release a software update this spring that will restore encryption support to Fire OS 5. Original story: In the wake of Apple’s high-profile fight with the FBI, more users and ...

Today, several reports pointed out that Amazon’s Fire OS 5 does not support device encryption, drawing a connection between the company’s encryption retreat and the current Apple-FBI iPhone unlocking ...

Using Amazon Web Services’ new Server Side Encryption feature, enterprises will at no extra cost be able to encrypt data stored on the company’s Simple Storage Service (S3), Amazon said on Tuesday.