Amazon has removed device encryption from Fire OS version 5.
Amazon's decision to remove onboard encryption isn't new; Amazon actually dropped the feature from Fire OS 5 back in the fall.
In a statement, Amazon told Mashable , "In the fall when we released Fire OS 5, we removed some enterprise features that we found customers weren't using."
Nathan White from Access Now - an organization committed to defending digital rights - told Wired that, "Amazon's decision is backward - it not only moves away from default device encryption, where other manufacturers are headed, but removes all choice by the end user to decide to encrypt it after purchase."
Ultimately, as we see more manufacturers and operating systems moving toward encryption by default, seeing any company take the option away is a bad thing.