(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 ...

(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 not ...

In the latest Fire OS 5 software update for its Kindle Fire tablets, Amazon has removed device encryption. First highlighted on Amazon’s support website, the matter has since captured the interest of ...

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.

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 ...