Update (07/30/2023): The dataset has been updated to be more realistic with specific characteristics described in [*]. 

We collect encrypted traffic from six widely-used Instant Messaging Applications (IMAs) installed on an Android device for descriptive and statistical analysis, as presented in our papers [*][**]. In particular, we collect traffic from:

1. Microsoft Teams,

2. Discord,

3. Facebook Messenger,

4. Signal,

5. Telegram, and

6. WhatsApp.

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[1] Zolboo Erdenebaatar, Riyad Alshammari, Nur Zincir-Heywood, Marwa Elsayed, Biswajit Nandy, Nabil Seddigh, "Encrypted Mobile Instant Messaging Traffic Dataset", IEEE Dataport, 2023. [Online]. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.21227/aer2-kq52. Accessed: Sep. 14, 2024.
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Zolboo Erdenebaatar, Riyad Alshammari, Nur Zincir-Heywood, Marwa Elsayed, Biswajit Nandy, Nabil Seddigh, 2023. Encrypted Mobile Instant Messaging Traffic Dataset. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.21227/aer2-kq52.
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1. Zolboo Erdenebaatar, Riyad Alshammari, Nur Zincir-Heywood, Marwa Elsayed, Biswajit Nandy, Nabil Seddigh. Encrypted Mobile Instant Messaging Traffic Dataset [Internet]. IEEE Dataport; 2023. Available from : http://dx.doi.org/10.21227/aer2-kq52
Zolboo Erdenebaatar, Riyad Alshammari, Nur Zincir-Heywood, Marwa Elsayed, Biswajit Nandy, Nabil Seddigh. "Encrypted Mobile Instant Messaging Traffic Dataset." doi: 10.21227/aer2-kq52