Re: Security fasteners

On Mon, 3 Mar 2025 23:59:14 -0700, Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid>
wrote:

What value "security fasteners"?  One can purchase "drivers"
for damn near any of them, cheap.
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Is the intent to discourage *casual* disassembly (given that
anyone determined to do so can purchase same)?  Perhaps to
be able to argue (in a court of law) that the other party
took "extraordinary measures" to gain access to the internals
of your product (so, if he was injured in the process, it
shouldn't fall on your shoulders)
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Or, the hope of *actually* preventing disassembly?
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I.e., wouldn't a tamper-proof "seal" be cheaper and more
conclusive?

I read that when a car maker introduces a new model, the first ones
are bought by competitors for teardown. A 7-point Torx won't bother
them.

Maybe lawyers want products to have visible and nominally difficult
tamper-resistant fasteners, so when people lose a fingertip to a fan,
they can argue that they tried to prevent that.