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Study the quote to answer the question:

"So-called anonymous tracking is not very secure—the anonymity is fairly easily broken. Cracking open that anonymous shell and merging it with personally identifiable information from other sources is a fairly easy engineering feat."

Which of the following shows the correct way to omit part of this quote but maintain its meaning through an addition?

A "So-called anonymous tracking is not very secure...the anonymity is fairly easily broken. Cracking open that anonymous shell and merging it with personally identifiable information from other sources is a fairly easy engineering feat."

B "So-called anonymous tracking is not very secure—the anonymity is fairly easily broken. Cracking open that anonymous...is a fairly easy engineering feat."

C "So-called anonymous tracking is not very secure...[and] merging it with personally identifiable information...is a fairly easy engineering feat."

D "So-called anonymous tracking is not very secure—the anonymity is fairly easily broken. Cracking [it]...is a fairly easy engineering feat."

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I'm pretty sure the correct answer is D
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Answer: D) "So-called anonymous tracking is not very secure—the anonymity is fairly easily broken. Cracking [it]...is a fairly easy engineering feat."

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You want to omit words to shorten the sentence, but you also want to make sure you're keeping the general idea of the sentence the same! 

For choice A, 
the only thing different is that there is an ellipsis, "..." instead of a dash. This choice doesn't omit any words, so A is wrong.

For choice B, you can see that words are omitted in the second sentence, but now the sentence doesn't make sense. "
Cracking open that anonymous...is a fairly easy engineering feat." That anonymous what? So choice B is wrong.

For choice C, words are being omitted, but what the quote is trying to say is being changed. The quote is saying that anonymous tracking is not secure because people can be easily identified. Choice C, however, is saying that anonymous tracking is easy. That is not what the original quote was trying to say, so C is wrong.

That leaves choice D, which correctly omits words and summarizes  what the original quote said!
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