Fidelius on Privet again (was Chapter 36 Summary)

[catherine at cator-manor.demon.co.uk]

No: HPFGUIDX 15272

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., love2write_11098 at y... wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at y..., Dave Hardenbrook <DaveH47 at m...> wrote:> 
> Isn't the whole point about the Fidelius Charm is that only *one* 
> person
> > (i.e. the Secret Keeper) knows the true location of someone?  It 
> seems
> > to me that it *can't* be the FC, because *everybody* (including 
V!)
> > knows that Harry is stuck with the Dursleys every summer!
> > 
> > 
> > 
> >                                                  -- Dave
> 
> 
> I agree with Dave. EVERYONE knows where Harry is, and I very much 
> doubt that should Voldemort creep up on Number 4 and stick his nose 
> up against the Dursleys' window, that he wouldn't be able to see 
> Harry.

You are both right.  I know I shouldn't be doing "me too" messages, 
but the more I think about it, the more it seem that literally 
everybody knows where Harry is.  in PS/SS before Harry found out 
about magic etc, he was often meeting strange people in the street 
etc.  It seems as though a lot of people were keeping an eye on him.