Information hazard

Imagine you have a secret that is very dangerous. If someone finds out about it, it could cause a lot of harm or problems. This secret is like information hazard.

Information hazard means some information that is not harmful by itself, but it could be dangerous when people know about it. It is like a secret that could cause harm if it falls into the wrong hands.

For example, imagine that your mother keeps some medicine in the kitchen cabinet. It is safe for adults, but if a child consumes it, it could be harmful. Similarly, some information is safe if only certain people have it. But if it gets into the wrong hands or reaches the general public, it could be harmful like a contagious disease.

Information hazard exists for different types of secret information such as secret government plans, secret military technology, sensitive financial data, etc. Disclosing such information could be harmful to the people involved, organizations, or even countries.

So, we need to be careful about what information we reveal to whom and make sure that it does not become an information hazard.