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9 Post author: palladias 02 July 2013 02:13AM

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Comment author: ygert 02 July 2013 02:19:51PM 4 points [-]

Yes, perhaps. This makes sense. But, IIRC, in Chamber of Secrets the letter that Harry gets from the ministry specifically states that they detected a hover charm being used at Harrys residence. If that is the case, it means that canonically they do detect the type of magic used.