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User_gary Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary
Vacuuming up fragments, online activities broadcast
Google. Inc has been vaccuming up fragments of people's online activities broadcast over public Wi-Fi networks for the past four years, a breach of Web etiquette likely to raise more privacy worries about the Internet search leader.
Even Google was troubled by its behavior, and issued a public apology Friday. The company said it only recently discovered the problem in response to an enquiry from German regulators.
"Maintaining people's trust is crucial to everything we do, and in this case we fell short," Alan Eustace, Google's top engineering executive, wrote in a blog post.
Please explain to me the emboldened parts.
Though I know in general "vacuum up" means "to vacate/empty something", "fragments" means "pieces" and "broadcast" means "to air something on Television/Radio", I cannot understand them together.
Source : http://www.ndtv.com/news/world/google-grabs-personal-info-off-of-wi-fi-networks-25706.php?u=1107
Even Google was troubled by its behavior, and issued a public apology Friday. The company said it only recently discovered the problem in response to an enquiry from German regulators.
"Maintaining people's trust is crucial to everything we do, and in this case we fell short," Alan Eustace, Google's top engineering executive, wrote in a blog post.
Please explain to me the emboldened parts.
Though I know in general "vacuum up" means "to vacate/empty something", "fragments" means "pieces" and "broadcast" means "to air something on Television/Radio", I cannot understand them together.
Source : http://www.ndtv.com/news/world/google-grabs-personal-info-off-of-wi-fi-networks-25706.php?u=1107
Top answer
Hi, Google. Inc has been vaccuming up collecting indiscriminately fragments small pieces (ie small pieces of information, in this context) of people's online a ctivities the things people do or look at online broadcast sent out thru the air, without the use of wires or other physical connections over public Wi-Fi networks for the past four years, a breach of Web etiquette likely to raise more privacy worries about the Internet search leader. Clive
- Hi, Google.
- Inc has been vaccuming up collecting indiscriminately fragments small pieces (ie small pieces of information, in this context) of people's online a ctivities the things people do or look at online broadcast sent out thru the air, without the use of wires or other physical connections over public Wi-Fi networks for the past four years, a breach of Web etiquette likely to raise more privacy worries about the Internet search leader.
- Clive
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Hi,
Google. Inc has been
vaccuming up collecting indiscriminately
fragments small pieces (ie small pieces of information, in this context)
of people's
online activities the things people do or look at online
broadcast sent out thru the air, without the use of wires or other physical connections
over publi
Google. Inc has been
vaccuming up collecting indiscriminately
fragments small pieces (ie small pieces of information, in this context)
of people's
online activities the things people do or look at online
broadcast sent out thru the air, without the use of wires or other physical connections
over publi
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