The system of using removable SD Cards on Android cards are not secure because they are formatted using Microsoft's old FAT-32 file system. . . and they are not safe areas to store anything private. They are also far slower than anything memory built onto the logic board. It is one of the reasons that Android is not acceptable to Enterprise use. Too easy to compromise. That's why Google changed how it is implemented in the latest version of Android, making it far less easy to use. . . and in fact essentially dropped official support for SD cards in Android. . . recommending that handset manufacturers do not build in SD card slots.
Why should I worry about carrying around SD cards when I have access to TERABYTES of storage on my home computer or on the cloud when I need it on my iOS devices. . . and have everything on every device at my fingertips? You guys keep tossing out this expandability canard but just don't get it. I can access everything on my various Macs, iOS devices, and have the iCloud storage as well. Your memory expansion cards that you have to carry around and have to keep track of, are nothing compared to that. So, ho hum. . .
“The system of using removable SD Cards on Android cards are not secure because they are formatted using Microsoft’s old FAT-32 file system. “
Very true, but they come in handy for :
1> Storing MP3s, video, and pictures locally. Helpful if you don’t want to pay for WiFi on a flight or if you’re driving through West Virginia on your way to pinball machine auctions in North Carolina :-) ... data is spotty in those (and many other) areas regardless of carrier. I typically keep several albums and a few movies on my phone just for trips and what not. I also keep a few Google Maps for offline use too.
2> Storing massive amounts of pinball machines for Pinball Arcade (games in general require a lot of storage ... more than your average app).
3> Storing loads of other “useless” data for emulators and the like.
There is plenty of use for unsecure SD card storage. I would hope that Google would support SD cards for general data storage only (not application or “critical” data). While data access to the cloud is certainly better these days, it’s nowhere near “perfect”.