Re: Secret Keeper

strom@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

Markku Uttula wrote:
...

Which brings up an interesting question; if it's known there is a
secret, could the Fidelius charm be broken by going through the map area
by area and asking "is it in this area", and everytime the person who
knows the secret, but can't tell it to others tells he can't answer, we
know we're in the right area; bring in a more detailed map :)


I believe that according to JKR's definition,
the magic prevents the *information* from being
disclosed. Some kind of magical counterpart to Heisenberg's
uncertainty principle kicks in; the more questions are answered
with "I can't say", the more cloudy the map (or the questioner's
memory) becomes, so that the total information content with
regard to the secret remains constant.

As I mentioned in another post, we know that at Privet Drive,
Dumbledore and Harry jointly did something
which if normal logic applied, would count
as revealing the secret to the Dursleys:
Dumbledore said that Harry now owns 12GP, followed by
Harry saying "You can continue to use *it* [i.e. 12GP] as
headquarters". Neither statement revealed the secret, but
Harry's statement *in the context
of Dumbledore's statement* would normally
have done so. But since Harry isn't the SK, we must
assume that the FC will prevent the communication
of information from Harry to VD, and therefore
that Vernon's mind will be appropriately
obliviated to make it impossible for him to connect
"Harry owns 12GP" with "You can continue to use *it*
as headquarters" to conclude "12GP is currently headquarters".

--
Rob Strom


But remember - at the time that Harry told Dumbledore that the OOP could continue to use the house - they had already temporarily moved out of the house. THe secret did not apply at that time - the headquarters was NOT at the Black house.

It would make sense that the FC only protects a secret as long as the secret is true.
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