Amazon drops encryption feature in Fire tablet software

Amazon drops encryption for its Fire tablets at a time when Apple is fighting over iPhone encryption
Amazon.com Inc has quietly dropped support for disk encryption on its Fire tablets, saying the feature that secures devices by scrambling data was little used by customers.
Privacy advocates and some users criticized the move, which came to light on Thursday even as Apple Inc was waging an unprecedented legal battle over U.S. government demands that the iPhone maker help unlock an encrypted phon