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Traffic Correlation
Network Privacy
Matching “who talks” with “who receives” by timing and patterns.
Definition
Traffic correlation is linking network traffic by comparing timing and patterns, even if content is encrypted.
In plain English
Matching “who talks” with “who receives” by timing and patterns.
Why this matters
Why it matters: It can reveal who is communicating with whom, which is sensitive metadata.
Example
Example: Someone watches network timing to guess that a user is visiting a certain service.