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Imagine if you are using your FB and you have other people around you peeking at your PC screen. Now this secret FB group is not really secret, is it?

There is actually no technical way possible for having a truly secret group.



This is like saying you can't have a secure bank account online because people can just look over at your screen while you do it.

Just don't go on when people are around.


You are right. What I am saying is that secrecy of an online group is totally dependent on human choice and decisions. When Facebook (or anyone else) claim that they have secret group ... they are not technically secret because their secrecy is dependent upon non-technical aspect, i.e, humans.

BTW, the analogy of bank website isn't equally applicable because people don't hang out at their bank websites most of the time.




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