Just how private is a break room conversation?

Just how private is a break room conversation?
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Not very private. A lot of company secrets do get picked up by competitors. But this also happens on trains or airplanes. Even at the neighboring table in hotels when people are having breakfast. Some folks are really quite careless.
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