However, there were numerous other fraternities and secret societies during that era, although they were typically gender-specific. Seeing both men and women using the same hand signals suggests these were likely common societal practices of the time. And since, presumably the hand positions are secret, they're not going to be immortalized in a painting.
I wouldn't bet on it. Performative secrecy is very common in esotericism.
Would you actually be able to say it if they were?
Maybe you need num_guards-1 questions?
I doubt you could solve for 50 guards with 1 question.
If all the guards say the same thing, you're talking to the lying guard. Otherwise the liar is simply the one that answers differently.
Would that work? I think so.
https://www.latimes.com/local/crime/la-me-fraternal-police-2...
And even then:
1. Every Freemason knows what's on the Internet. Identifications have evolved.
2. The leaks lack... important contexts... about what they are.
Source: my grampa was a mason, but didn't do any brickwork, and told me nothing.
> And since, ..
No, the meaning is the secret :) Oh dear.