Artificial Intelligence and CopyrightNovember 11, 2024First a disclaimer: In this article I will use “artificial intelligence” and “AI” to refer...
Private communications and ilegal economiesOctober 24, 2024Every day new advances make the different technologies with which we interact in our lives...
Review of the School of Communication and Free Technologies for the Common Defense of the TerritoryOctober 9, 2024By Laura Zambrano
Brief reflections on nowadays surveillanceSeptember 3, 2024By Christian Arteaga, Professor in the Faculty of Social and Human Sciences at Universidad Central...
The Struggle for Privacy in Digital Health SystemsMay 9, 2024Access to healthcare is a fundamental right, and computer systems play a crucial role in...
Concerning International Workers' DayMay 1, 2024We, at the Center of Digital Autonomy, concerning the International Workers’ Day, speak out about...
PrivaciQ 2024April 16, 2024The second edition of PrivaciQ took place this past March 23rd, an event organized by...
Technology and Combating Insecurity: What Happens to Our Privacy?February 14, 2024Currently, Ecuador is experiencing an unprecedented security crisis that has left alarming numbers of direct...
The Role of Free Software in Digital SecurityJanuary 19, 2024In recent years, the escalating rise of digital threats such as malware, man-in-the-middle attacks, ransomware,...
Should Ecuador use bug bounties?December 5, 2023Over the last ten years, bug bounty programs have become progressively more common in many...
CryptoParty 2023!November 13, 2023On October 21st, another edition of CryptoParty was held in Quito, Ecuador as part of...
Implementing a Tor Middle Node in the CloudOctober 30, 2023In a world characterized by constant surveillance and the collection of personal data, safeguarding our...
Sovereign Technology - What technology your country really should manage itselfOctober 3, 2023In CAD, we believe that autonomy is an important characteristic to have in your digital...
CAD at CryptoRave 2023June 5, 2023This event, in which various activities are carried out around privacy, digital security, cryptography, anonymity...
PrivaciQ - first editionMarch 18, 2023On March 18th, the first edition of PrivaciQ was held. PrivaciQ is an event that...
Circumvent censorship: Create your blog using Tor Onion ServicesMarch 18, 2023In the context of the publication of content by journalists, activists or bloggers, every time...
CAD signs interinstitutional agreement with Facultad de Ciencias Sociales y Humanas - UCEJanuary 27, 2023In November 2022, the Digital Autonomy Center (CAD) began conversations with the authorities and teachers...
CAD gave a presentation at the Faculty of Computer Science of the National Polytechnic School (Escuela Politécnica Nacional - EPN)December 22, 2022On December 22, our team presented the talk “Cryptographic Protocols for Secure Communication” at the...
CAD technical director joins OpenPGP Key Server boardNovember 28, 2022OpenPGP is one of the oldest and most popular standards for sending and receiving end-to-end...
CAD participated in the Cybersecurity Summit at Universidad Nacional in ColombiaNovember 20, 2022The Cybersecurity Summit at Universidad Nacional in Colombia is an event led by the university...
CAD visits Colombia (October 2022)October 27, 2022On the 11th of October in 2022, the Digital Autonomy Center (Centro de Autonomía Digital...
CAD at the 18th edition of FLISoL QuitoJune 29, 2022On June 4th, the eighteenth edition of the Latin American Free Software Installation Festival of...
Recommendations for times of protestsJune 22, 2022The world is going through complicated times. Several countries are currently seeing dramatic upheaval, where...
Civil society organizations reject attempts to silence and criminalize social movements in the context of protests in Ecuador and demand that Human Rights are respectedJune 17, 2022The undersigned organizations and activists firmly reject the violent repression, arbitrary arrests and the use...
CAD participated in FLISoL Bogotá 2022June 13, 2022On April 23rd of 2022, CAD participated remotely in the Latin American Free Software Installation...
CoyIM v0.4 released!February 17, 2022Over the last few years, we at CAD have worked really hard on a new...
Fundamental security recommendations for critical infrastructureFebruary 11, 2022The last years have seen a number of high profile attacks on computer systems either...
The importance of metadataJanuary 22, 2022When we talk about privacy, the main focus is usually on encryption of regular data,...
CAD partitipation in Privacy Week 2022January 22, 2022During the Privacy Week 2022 that took place between January 24th and 28th of 2022,...
What is security research and security engineering?October 5, 2021Every single time a computer attack of some kind happens, the media and commentators throw...
What is Ransomware?July 21, 2021Over the last few years we have seen more and more attacks of ransomware, in...
CAD, present at FLISOL 2021!April 15, 2021Since 2005, the Latin American Festival of Free Software Installation - FLISOL has been held...
Introduction to Data StructuresJune 1, 2020The use of data structures allows the applications store and process information efficiently, for this...
Nextcloud through TorDecember 5, 2019This article will address the problem of data privacy in the use of file sharing...
Two-Factor AuthenticationNovember 29, 2019In the previous article we reviewed some important concepts around password handling and how to...
What is Diffie-Hellman?November 11, 2019Communication is one of the fundamental pillars of humanity since its inception.
Secure passwordsOctober 30, 2019Passwords are one of the most important tools to protect information in the digital world....
Mumble and TailsOctober 9, 2019In a digital world, internet calls have become an alternative for global communications at low...
Analysis of the Novaestrat LeakSeptember 28, 2019On September 16, ZDNet in collaboration with vpnMentor published an article showing that 20.8 million...
OTRv4 Summit and PETS2019September 27, 2019PETS is an annual event, that holds each year informative talks of privacy experts from...
How can your organization protect against data leaks?August 18, 2019The last few years, many people have said that data is the new oil.
CAD KickoffAugust 18, 2019One of the most interesting things to do when starting an organization, company, project or...
Ola Bini arrestApril 12, 2019People working for free software and privacy should not be criminalized.
CAD at the CryptoRaveMay 9, 2018CAD visits the CryptoRave conference in Brazil, one of the most important events in the...