document updated 15 years ago, on Feb 27, 2009

Some handyman things are designed to be "secure", but are only secure insofar as people think the tools are difficult to get.

outside garden-hose taps that are missing a handle — buy a silcock key, they're pretty common in local hardware stores
tamper-resistant screws — obtain a driver for the appropriate type (REALLY NICE article)
- the especially vexing Opsit — simple and clever really, it just uses the opposite screw thread, thus, if vandals think they're trying to unscrew it, they're actually tightening it... heh....
- Security TORX / TORX TR
- torq-set (img)
- one-way screws — no driver, most ways of removing them are destructive
  - there's also a driver that looks like a spanner-head driver