datenkraken

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Internet-oriented companies that have a large number of users and possess detailed personal information on them, presumably without their consent. derogatory,plural,plural-only
    — It is a narrative that has cast the American datenkraken as the arch enemy.

词源

Borrowed from German Datenkraken, plural of Datenkrake, itself a compound of Daten (“data”) and Krake (“octopus”), invoking an imagery of such a company being an octopus having its virtual "tentacles" deeply penetrating its users' online habits.
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