It's A Digital Disease!

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/ItsBobD on 2024-12-30 15:26:05.

I bought a 5TB WD My Passport about 2 years ago and finally got around to unboxing it today to backup some family photos and videos along with some work related data. I would like to password protect it, however when I click the gear icon in the WD app, it only gives me the option to "edit password", which brings a page with the options of "remove password", "change password", or "enable auto unlock". The thing is all these options are asking for the current password, which does not exist, this was a factory sealed box that I've never even opened before. I figured there would be a "set password" option for a first time password, but nope. Any ideas? I have searched the internet and youtube tutorials with no luck.