btw, even a private channel with SN is in fact a new separate LN, that nobody else knows about. Is just between you and SN

So a private channel with a big node like SN, or a trusted peer, makes your traffic undetectable by an adversary that is passively monitoring the connections? Thanks.

Global Passive Adversaries. That means an actor who is able to passively monitor all the internet connections between everyone involved in a network like Lightning, or Tor.

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The Lightning Network Privacy Big Picture: Don't Forget the NSA

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> btw, even a private channel with SN is in fact a new separate LN, that nobody else knows about. Is just between you and SN

So a private channel with a big node like SN, or a trusted peer, makes your traffic undetectable by an adversary that is passively monitoring the connections? Thanks.

From the article:
> Global Passive Adversaries. That means an actor who is able to passively monitor all the internet connections between everyone involved in a network like Lightning, or Tor. 