Either that which is kept from the
knowledge of the
majority or a specific
minority or
individual, or an adjective describing such a piece of information. Compare to
surprise, wherein the
information is planned to be revealed.
If the secrecy of a piece of information is not beneficial to all those that know the information, chances are that the secret shall not be kept. This is especially true in
high school or in the world of
buisness.
Among the online community, in the so-called
information age,
secrets are seen as bad things. For many, the
hacker manifesto summarises there views:
information wants to be free. Others see the
Orwellian invasion of
privacy as one of the most horrible aspects of modern society. Regardless of one's stance, it is true that secrets are becoming more and more difficult to keep.