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18TB WD Elements USB 3.0 Desktop External Hard Drive $230 + free s/h
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 03/28/24 |  Newegg | $250 |
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 03/03/24 |  Amazon | $289.99 |
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 11/17/23 | Newegg | $230 |
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| 06/23/23 | Newegg | $259.99 |
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| 06/22/23 | Newegg | $279.99 |
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| 05/25/23 | Newegg | $259.99 |
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| 03/29/23 | Amazon | $284.99 |
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 11/21/22 | Amazon | $299.99 |
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 05/04/22 | Newegg | $300 frontpage |
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 03/25/22 |  B&H Photo Video | $300 frontpage |
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| 01/24/22 | Newegg | $300 frontpage |
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| 11/26/21 | Newegg | $299.99 |
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| 11/17/21 | Newegg | $300 frontpage |
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 11/07/21 | Amazon | $339.99 |
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| 11/04/21 | Newegg | $309.99 popular |
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https://www.bestbuy.com/site/wd-e...Id=6427995
Historically they have the same drives inside -- and neither uses hardware encryption (which is a very good thing if the enclosure goes bad).
Newer My Books it seems like the WD software can turn off encryption and/or if you never set it up it isn't active, so there are certainly possible ways around the encryption.
I wouldn't use an encrypted WD enclosure though. They used to fail too often and decrypting the working drives with a broken board was quite difficult (but not impossible for some) back in the day. I doubt it would be easier now. Best to turn off encryption or just yank the drive. As you mentioned.