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   Gareth Halfacree WIIGII! Lover of bit-tech Administrator Super Moderator Moderator

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   Claims customers weren't using it.
   http://www.bit-tech.net/news/hardware/2016/03/04/amazon-drops-fire-encryption/1

    

   Gareth Halfacree, 4 Mar 2016

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   Greentrident Minimodder

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   "Those who do not use the encryption feature are, naturally, unaffected. "
   
   ...So give a s**t.

    

   Greentrident, 4 Mar 2016

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   IanW Grumpy Old Git

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   The Register reports that Amazon have changed their minds, and will restore encryption in the next build.

    

   IanW, 6 Mar 2016

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   dstarr3 What's a Dremel?

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   I picked up a Fire tablet over the holidays and rooted it and put vanilla Android on it. It's so much better that way.

    

   dstarr3, 7 Mar 2016

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