[HPforGrownups] Secret-Keeper Conundrum

[Peg Kerr]

No: HPFGUIDX 6158

Sister Mary Lunatic wrote:

> If witches or wizards can hide their existence by the use of a Secret
> Keeper, then theoretically, if the Secret Keeper died, that witch or wizard
> could be permanently "invisible" to everyone.  Interesting thought...
> Suppose you planned to commit a major crime, and convinced one of your
> flunkeys to be your secret keeper.  All you'd have to do is kill the
> secret-keeper and the law couldn't find you to arrest you.  Sirius could get
> Harry to be his Secret Keeper, and never have to worry about being captured
> by Dementors or the Ministry of Magic, since Harry would never tell.
>
> This is assuming that the Secret Keeper spell works against everyone.  I
> would assume it did, since if you had a "selective" spell that hid you from
> one specific person or group, it wouldn't be totally safe because of the
> presence of possible traitors.  For instance, if the Potters had set their
> spell to work only against Voldemort, then all Voldemort would have had to
> do is put a friend of the Potters under an Imperius Curse, to find the
> hidden Potters and kill them.  <snip>
>
> Does that make sense?

Hmm.  Yes, it does . . . and I think it should be noted for the record that you
have a seriously devious, twisty mind.

Peg