The probably biggest disadvantage of the encrypted SD card only becomes noticeable when you have already hit it the worst: If your smartphone breaks, the only device that can decrypt the data on the card is gone. Even a display damage can have a massive impact on your data. Fortunately, Eric shows you here how you can still use your smartphone with the mouse when the touchscreen no longer wants:

The data you have stored on the SD card can only be read from or via the smartphone. This means you cannot insert the card into a card reader, for example to copy music or a large video on it. The same goes for other smartphones, except the one you used to encrypt the SD card. That brings us to the next point … Data loss if the smartphone is broken Data can only be read from the smartphone This disadvantage of encryption is hardly noticeable on modern smartphones: Reading out the data is slower if it has to be decrypted beforehand. However, this usually only becomes noticeable after a restart of the smartphone and then minimally. Here, for example, the images and videos on the SD card must first be decrypted before they can be displayed in the gallery app.

Encrypt SD card: disadvantages Operating system can be slowed down

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