Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin announced the development of a "paranoid mode" wrapper for his agent harness (pi), aiming to bolster privacy during interactions with large language models (LLMs). This mode integrates Wrapped zkAPI, Tor, additional cover traffic, and local LLM prompt rewriting within an OpenAI-compatible daemon. Each conversation is assigned a separate Tor circuit, requests are masked with random cover traffic, and zkAPI prevents identity leakage through payments. Prompts are also rewritten locally using a user's local model (Buterin uses qwen3.8-flash-next). Buterin noted that while the system is becoming quite usable, it incurs increased latency, especially when starting new conversations. He also acknowledged that Tor is not optimal for privacy in this context, suggesting a more specialized mixnet would be required for stronger protection against active adversaries. Additionally, cheaper zkAPI deposit and withdraw gas costs are expected on mainnet soon.