Encrypted Reasoning Vulnerability Mitigated, but Plaintext Still Reachable via Model
lbeurerkellner · x · 2026-08-14
The author responds that the specific vulnerability is mitigated, but encrypted reasoning is only semi-hidden: any model queried must decrypt prior reasoning to continue, so plaintext is always reachable through the model itself.
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