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4TB WD Elements USB 3.0 External Desktop Hard Drive - $71.97 + Free Store Pickup YMMV [GameStop]

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4TB Western Digital WD Elements USB 3.0 External Desktop Hard Drive [gamestop.com]
  • $71.97 + Free Shipping Out of Stock online for shipping
  • Now only available for store pickup (YMMV) click "Pick Up At Store - Check Availability"
Model WDBWLG004HBK-NESN (thanks MotiMo for the heads up Smilie )
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BenM3868
09-06-2018 at 10:52 AM.
09-06-2018 at 10:52 AM.
Thanks OP!
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LilLowEK
09-06-2018 at 10:53 AM.
09-06-2018 at 10:53 AM.
Wow, great price. These are a good deal at $80 when the circulate.
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belmontisan
09-06-2018 at 10:57 AM.
09-06-2018 at 10:57 AM.
shuckable? does this have annoying encryption?
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NoSleep007
09-06-2018 at 11:02 AM.
09-06-2018 at 11:02 AM.
Is this good for storing youtube videos?
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FeistyPlant816
09-06-2018 at 11:10 AM.
09-06-2018 at 11:10 AM.
Quote from belmontisan :
shuckable? does this have annoying encryption?
WD Elements never have hardware encryption.
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sleeck
09-06-2018 at 11:12 AM.
09-06-2018 at 11:12 AM.
I am trying to find the model number.
Is it the same as this one on Amazon: https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B00ODEGWN8/ ?
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picubed
09-06-2018 at 11:19 AM.
09-06-2018 at 11:19 AM.
Quote from NoSleep007 :
Is this good for storing youtube videos?
Nope. Only pr0n.
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NoSleep007
09-06-2018 at 11:19 AM.
09-06-2018 at 11:19 AM.
Quote from FeistyPlant816 :
WD Elements never have hardware encryption.
Is it good or bad to have encryption? I always thought it was a good thing.
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APhamX
09-06-2018 at 11:23 AM.
09-06-2018 at 11:23 AM.
$4.50 for tax, So about $4 cheaper than the 4TB @ $80, hope the drives in here are good.
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APhamX
09-06-2018 at 11:24 AM.
09-06-2018 at 11:24 AM.
Quote from NoSleep007 :
Is it good or bad to have encryption? I always thought it was a good thing.
It's a bad thing, because you can't remove the drive and put it in another computer and if you the mainboard of the hard drive dies there's no way for you to recover your data even if the drive works.
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FeistyPlant816
09-06-2018 at 11:29 AM.
09-06-2018 at 11:29 AM.
Quote from NoSleep007 :
Is it good or bad to have encryption? I always thought it was a good thing.
It's bad, VERY bad. It doesn't serve a meaningful purpose at all. All it does it add another factor that could fail, taking all your data with it.

They claim they use hardware encryption to prevent theft, but.. How? If someone's going to steal your drive, they're not going to get their screwdriver and pry open the enclosure, carefully unplug the internal drive from it and leave the enclosure behind. They're going to steal the whole damn thing, since it's easier. Therefore they'll still have full access to all the hardware encrypted files as the encryption is done by the enclosure.

If you want to secure your data, you want software encryption.
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09-06-2018 at 11:38 AM.
09-06-2018 at 11:38 AM.
Quote from danubuntu9 :
The government has back doors on all encryption except defunt truecryt so its really just another annoying thing to be incompatible or way to lose your data imo
Yeah. It's a meaningless layer of DRM on your own files. Serves no purpose to the end user.
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