TRAPDOC: Deceiving LLM Users by Injecting Imperceptible Phantom Tokens into Documents

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2506.00089v1
• Date: Fri, 30 May 2025 07:16:53 GMT
• Title: TRAPDOC: Deceiving LLM Users by Injecting Imperceptible Phantom Tokens into Documents
• Authors: Hyundong Jin, Sicheol Sung, Shinwoo Park, SeungYeop Baik, Yo-Sub Han,
• Abstract summary: Over-reliance on large language models (LLMs) is emerging as a significant social issue.<n>We propose a method injecting imperceptible phantom tokens into documents, which causes LLMs to generate outputs that appear plausible to users but are in fact incorrect.<n>Based on this technique, we introduce TRAPDOC, a framework designed to deceive over-reliant LLM users.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
• Abstract: The reasoning, writing, text-editing, and retrieval capabilities of proprietary large language models (LLMs) have advanced rapidly, providing users with an ever-expanding set of functionalities. However, this growing utility has also led to a serious societal concern: the over-reliance on LLMs. In particular, users increasingly delegate tasks such as homework, assignments, or the processing of sensitive documents to LLMs without meaningful engagement. This form of over-reliance and misuse is emerging as a significant social issue. In order to mitigate these issues, we propose a method injecting imperceptible phantom tokens into documents, which causes LLMs to generate outputs that appear plausible to users but are in fact incorrect. Based on this technique, we introduce TRAPDOC, a framework designed to deceive over-reliant LLM users. Through empirical evaluation, we demonstrate the effectiveness of our framework on proprietary LLMs, comparing its impact against several baselines. TRAPDOC serves as a strong foundation for promoting more responsible and thoughtful engagement with language models. Our code is available at https://github.com/jindong22/TrapDoc.

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