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[–] Pika 41 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

impossible to detect? No, extremly hard to identify what it is? yes.

Who cares if they can see it's 5 GB stream, they have no way of knowing whether or not it's a pirated movie versus a backup from a home server or a data stream.

In fact some vpns are actually starting to implement data buffering where it makes every request is the same size regardless of what it is to protect against AI Assisted traffic analysis

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

some vpns

Well "some vpn's" deserve all our business.

[–] Pika 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

if you were looking for a recommendation, I use mullvad, their version is called DAITA, it randomizes the packets to help defend against it