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> McCaughey stated that a specialised type of screwdriver, not available to the public, would have been required to take the painting off the wall.

Why bother with measures such as alarms and security cameras when you have the Super Secret Screws!

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Being regularly confronted with wretched special screws, there are all kinds of ways to get them out. The usual go-to tool is one designed to unscrew stripped screw heads.

Just the other day, I was confronted with a security screw that instead of having 4 flutes on it (Phillips head), it had 3. I just drilled it out.

Nothing worse than a screw you dont have a driver for. I resolved to just have drivers for everything

https://www.ifixit.com/products/mako-driver-kit-64-precision...

After going through several brands over the years, both domestic and foreign, that's the best set of driver bits that I have ever owned.

Kinda pricey, but well worth it.

No slotted Robertson :(

It very well could have just been Torx back then. I remember opening my original 128k Mac in '85 or so to do the 512K memory upgrade, and a weird specialized screwdriver (Torx) was required to open the case.

And n64 cartridges and cases. And snes too I think. Another trick is to melt a plastic pen with a lighter and stick it on the screw and wait for it to cool.

Ha ha, that's Some Anarchist's-Cookbook-level stuff.

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