Even when your AI chats are encrypted, someone watching the network can still guess what you’re talking about.
They call it "Whisper Leak" side-channel attack.
And in tests, models like OpenAI and Mistral gave away topics with 98% accuracy.
https://thehackernews.com/2025/11/microsoft-uncovers-whisper-leak-attack.html
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i'm planning on being an early adopter for 128gb+ GDDR AI accelerator mini-pcs maybe by christmas. my model will be sitting on top of my pc looking smug and small and cool.
Made me think of this product that Cisco rolled out several years ago:
https://community.cisco.com/t5/security-knowledge-base/cisco-eta-feature-encrypted-traffic-analysis-at-glance/ta-p/4783197
I don’t think a lot of developers and systems admins realize how much info can be gleaned just from watching encrypted traffic patterns.