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arXiv cs.AIOctober 7, 2026

AgentDoxx: Agentic Re-identification of Anonymized Text with Web Search

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arXiv:2610.05586v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: As Large Language Models (LLMs) gain tool use capabilities such as web search, they can retrieve and cross-reference public information, creating privacy risks beyond memorization. One manifestation is re-identification: linking an anonymized interview transcript to a named individual. Yet without ground-truth identities, the coverage of such attacks and the protection offered by a defense cannot be reliably measured. We introduce AgentDOXX, an e