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I am curious about one aspect of the wafers.

I did not grow up around Catholics nor do I really know any.

I understand the Satanists’ intent: They want to reject God publicly and insult and anger as many Catholics as possible in the process.
They are being deliberately disrespectful and blasphemous. That is their whole point.

But was completely in the dark about the security of the wafers.

I thought they were only sacred when given to the faithful by a priest during Communion.
I didn’t know they needed to be guarded.

I thought in any other case they were just cracker-like disks.
I mean, one can purchase them on Amazon.
Does that mean it would be sacrilege for me to have one?
Not that I have any interest in doing so.

Sorry for my ignorance on this.
I have no desire to insult anyone or be disrespectful.

It’s a good question. And your initial point is correct - prior to God changing the wafers, they are just wafers. The security is for the post-changed Hosts; because they are distributed to (what we hope are) the faithful. At this point, someone can pose as a Catholic and walk off with the Body of Christ and carry on with whatever evil intent they have planned. That’s what security is trying to prevent.

The ones you can purchase on Amazon are not consecrated yet. The priest has to do that at Mass. So it would be fine for you to have them if you wanted to do that. It might cause scandal to any Catholics that might pop over. But you said you don't know any, so that's not likely to upset anyone.

The priest or Eucharistic Ministers generally consume the rest of the hosts, after distribution as well as finish off the rest of the blood as it must be consumed or poured directly into the ground. There is a special "sink" for that. I am Catholic and we believe that it really is the body and blood of Christ so it must be treated that way.

My parish has the ushers count heads so that not to have many leftover. This eliminates there being hosts left over in the Tabernacle, but tabernacles are bolted down and locked at all times.

The thing of it is, and it's fascinating really, is that Satanists must believe as we do. That it really is the body and blood of Christ, otherwise what would be the point of desecrating bread and wine? (Mostly rhetorical question as I know no one really knows what goes on in their heads).

I was present twice when a Communion host was dropped, AFTER it was consecrated and became the Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of Jesus. [I'm old and have been to Mass umpteen zillion times...daily Mass, in fact, since 1980.]

In each case the priest takes the dropped host and puts it aside for the moment. AFTER Mass the priest does something with it. There IS a ritual, purpose and method for dealing with these accidents.
There HAD to be, of course, since dropping things is what we humans do.

I don't know what he does with it. He may consume it. I knew the answer eons ago but have FORGOTTEN!