Is HDD Encryption really pointless for My Cloud NAS?

[jfkelley]

I think I’m “OS 5” and I think I found the correct place for my question:

Is HDD Encryption pointless for My Cloud EX2 Ultra?

I have just received a My Cloud EX2 Ultra (2 bays). I want to know that a burglar cannot swipe the hardware and maybe remove the drives and scrape out the data. I’m guessing that is the point of having HDD Encryption at all? I have seen a lot of forum people say that Encryption is pointless on a “My Cloud” device - lots of comments about how a thief can simply use a paper clip to reset the device. As I understand it, my “256 AES Volume Encryption” is “hardware encryption” and the data physica…

Thanks!