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Comment by formerly_proven

2 years ago

Some messaging protocols do this.

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luckystarr  2 years ago

Is there a technical term for this?

  • luckystarr  2 years ago

    I just found the term "traffic padding", which seems to accurately describe this.

  • nullc  2 years ago

    in the world of VoIP it's just "constant bitrate"

  • supertrope  2 years ago

    Anti-timing attack? Anti-traffic analysis?

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