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I wonder what the theoretical limit is for the number of people that can retain a secret actually is, with modern technology and all.

e.g. governments definitely keep secrets, so how many people can be in on a given conspiracy-like government secret without major leaks that cannot be squashed through media, suppression, etc.?

I feel like precursors to the Manhattan project (since the project itself was clearly widely known) would hold the answer, but wouldn't account for modern technology / communication methods.

An interesting / fun thought :)



> I wonder what the theoretical limit is for the number of people that can retain a secret actually is, with modern technology and all.

Yeah, it's an interesting question. How would you model it? What is the probability that an arbitrary person leaks a secret?

Also I would assume that the more devious the secret the harder it is to keep.




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