We abandoned using SanDisk after WD merged the G-DRIVE into them. This particular model we’ve seen like half a dozen fail over 6 months as well as 3 failures from their 22TB HDD Pro series which is what replaced G-DRIVE. Their quality has really plummeted.
I see the confusion by op. It says privacy-first, as in privacy is its core function not a first in its class. I think they just misread the title.