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DAITA vs a global passive adversary

Mullvad's DAITA protocol, which the VPN provider developed to resist AI-based packet analysis by obscuring packet patterns, is the subject of a Privacy Guides forum discussion asking how effective DAITA would be against a global passive adversary capable of observing all or nearly all internet traffic. The poster notes that Jonah, in a video about connecting to Tor through a VPN, argued a global passive adversary is unlikely to exist for good reasons, and asks how DAITA would fare if one did.

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DAITA vs a global passive adversary
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For those who don’t know, a global passive adversary is an adversary capable of passively observing all or nearly all internet traffic across the globe. DAITA is a protocol developed by Mullvad to resist AI-based packet analysis by obscuring packet patterns. I remember Jonah saying in a video about connecting to Tor through a VPN that a global passive adversary is unlikely to exist, for pretty good reasons. But if one did exist, how effective would DAITA be at resisting it?

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