Hi. I’ve read on the internet (so therefore is probably not true!!) that WD Drives have hardware encryption on them which is within the case but not on the drive itself - which means in the unlikely event that the hardware fails, it would be impossible to take the drive out and read it from another …

Avoiding Hardware Encyptions

JoeySmyth July 16, 2016, 11:43pm 2

it’s true.

read my post here where i tested it.

a way around it ? … don’t buy a “My Book”, buy a “Elements” which has no hardware encryption.