Pursuits
Amazon's Decision to Reduce Tablet Security Comes at a Bad Time
- Consumers sensitive about personal data amid Apple-FBI spat
- Web retailer faces risk of being seen as weak on security
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Amazon.com Inc. is dialing back on the security built into its tablets. Bad timing.
The Web retailer decided late last year to remove the ability to encrypt data stored on its Fire tablets, a few months before a battle erupted between Apple Inc. and the FBI over the decryption of information locked in a terrorist’s iPhone.