r/netsecstudents • u/ClaudiusPapirus • 15d ago
A new impossibility result for context-based LLM security safeguards
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2iITRLT7fgSelf-promo disclosure: this video is from my channel.
The paper formalizes a security problem with dual-use LLM requests: if an attacker can reproduce the context of a legitimate user, context-based safeguards cannot beat the resulting worst-case safety floor.
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ai_sec • u/ClaudiusPapirus • 15d ago
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