Amazon’s Kindle Fire Silk browser has serious security concerns

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By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
Amazon's Silk Web BrowserOK, here’s the good stuff about the new Silk Web browser, which Amazon will be embedding in its new Amazon Kindle Fire tablets: From all reports it makes Web-browsing amazing fast on relatively low-end hardware. The bad news? It does it by watching all, and I mean all, of your Web activity through Amazon’s cloud-based Amazon Web Services.

You don’t have to take my word for it. Amazon states that, “All of the browser subsystems are present on your Kindle Fire as well as on the AWS cloud computing platform. Each time you load a web page, Silk makes a dynamic decision about which of these subsystems will run locally and which will execute remotely. In short, Amazon Silk extends the boundaries of the browser, coupling the capabilities and interactivity of your local device with the massive computing power, memory, and network connectivity of our cloud.”


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[trelawrence]

ZDNET is garbage. They are all biased against Amazon.

[UnknownError507]

Originally Posted by trelawrence

ZDNET is garbage. They are all biased against Amazon.

Maybe it is but is good to know this things, but look like not only ZDNET have that New's this guys posted to.
Amazon's Kindle Fire Browser Raises Privacy Concerns - Mobiledia

[trelawrence]

Originally Posted by UnknownError507

Maybe it is but is good to know this things, but look like not only ZDNET have that New's this guys posted to.
Amazon's Kindle Fire Browser Raises Privacy Concerns - Mobiledia

Don't mind me... that was completely tongue-in-cheek. I am sure some people who have noticed the anger towards the media will get it.

It is good info to have.

[Rootbrian]

I won't be buying it cause I have a netbook. But others will be. Negative news. Why not positives?

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Originally Posted by Rootbrian

I won't be buying it cause I have a netbook. But others will be. Negative news. Why not positives?

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I dont try to post negative or positive posts here but this news i just got it under may RRS feeds News and i might think is worth sharing, but if you guys think this is negative than the moderator or admin of this forum please DELETE THIS POST!

I also have a note book and a playbook, and the kindle fire on the way so for me this is not a big concern about the browser but maybe for most it will be.

PEACE!