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.:. brainsik

I’m always enamored with side-channel attacks. Pulling data from unexpected sources is fascinating and difficult to predict.

This isn’t particularly novel — padding data to hide length is part of the toolbox — but new systems making old mistakes is also fun!

arstechnica.com/security/2024/

Ars Technica · Hackers can read private AI-assistant chats even though they’re encryptedAll non-Google chat GPTs affected by side channel that leaks responses sent to users.

I should add: while the side-channel leak isn’t novel, using specially trained to decode the leaked data is! In particular, leveraging the sameness of how all these bots “talk” is 🧑‍🍳💋.

@brainsik another reason to not trust any AI with ANY even slightly private/personal information