Magical protection -- the Dursleys

[Veronica]

No: HPFGUIDX 44964

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "marephraim" <htfulcher at c...> wrote:
> For this reason: Harry has spent a lot of time with Ron and may 
well 
> have told him where he lived. If Fidelius works by allowing the 
> Secret-Keeper to have absolute confidentiality over the information 
> in question, we still can't exclude that the particular wizard that 
> is the subject of the spell would not also know where he/she was. 
It 
> wouldn't prevent the wizard in question from giving out the 
> information him/herself. This might offer an explanation how Ron 
and 
> brothers were able to find him. 


Me: I'll give you that one, but what about Dobby? We could say that 
the rules of the Fidelius Charm don't apply to non-human magical 
creatures, but that seems almost too easy.

Veronica