Loan Apps - A Digital Trap

By Steffano Utreras

CAD had the opportunity to participate in the First Andean Intercultural and Educational Summit for...

By Paulina Collaguazo

First a disclaimer: In this article I will use “artificial intelligence” and “AI” to refer...

Every day new advances make the different technologies with which we interact in our lives...

By Laura Zambrano

By Christian Arteaga, Professor in the Faculty of Social and Human Sciences at Universidad Central...

By Alex Sotomayor

Access to healthcare is a fundamental right, and computer systems play a crucial role in...

We, at the Center of Digital Autonomy, concerning the International Workers’ Day, speak out about...

The second edition of PrivaciQ took place this past March 23rd, an event organized by...

Currently, Ecuador is experiencing an unprecedented security crisis that has left alarming numbers of direct...

Format: In-person

In recent years, the escalating rise of digital threats such as malware, man-in-the-middle attacks, ransomware,...

By Marcelo Chiriboga

Over the last ten years, bug bounty programs have become progressively more common in many...

By Karla Morales

On October 21st, another edition of CryptoParty was held in Quito, Ecuador as part of...

In a world characterized by constant surveillance and the collection of personal data, safeguarding our...

In CAD, we believe that autonomy is an important characteristic to have in your digital...

This event, in which various activities are carried out around privacy, digital security, cryptography, anonymity...

On March 18th, the first edition of PrivaciQ was held. PrivaciQ is an event that...

In the context of the publication of content by journalists, activists or bloggers, every time...

In November 2022, the Digital Autonomy Center (CAD) began conversations with the authorities and teachers...

On December 22, our team presented the talk “Cryptographic Protocols for Secure Communication” at the...

OpenPGP is one of the oldest and most popular standards for sending and receiving end-to-end...

The Cybersecurity Summit at Universidad Nacional in Colombia is an event led by the university...

On the 11th of October in 2022, the Digital Autonomy Center (Centro de Autonomía Digital...

On June 4th, the eighteenth edition of the Latin American Free Software Installation Festival of...

The world is going through complicated times. Several countries are currently seeing dramatic upheaval, where...

The undersigned organizations and activists firmly reject the violent repression, arbitrary arrests and the use...

On April 23rd of 2022, CAD participated remotely in the Latin American Free Software Installation...

Over the last few years, we at CAD have worked really hard on a new...

The last years have seen a number of high profile attacks on computer systems either...

When we talk about privacy, the main focus is usually on encryption of regular data,...

During the Privacy Week 2022 that took place between January 24th and 28th of 2022,...

Every single time a computer attack of some kind happens, the media and commentators throw...

Over the last few years we have seen more and more attacks of ransomware, in...

Since 2005, the Latin American Festival of Free Software Installation - FLISOL has been held...

The use of data structures allows the applications store and process information efficiently, for this...

This article will address the problem of data privacy in the use of file sharing...

In the previous article we reviewed some important concepts around password handling and how to...

Communication is one of the fundamental pillars of humanity since its inception.

Passwords are one of the most important tools to protect information in the digital world....

In a digital world, internet calls have become an alternative for global communications at low...

On September 16, ZDNet in collaboration with vpnMentor published an article showing that 20.8 million...

PETS is an annual event, that holds each year informative talks of privacy experts from...

The last few years, many people have said that data is the new oil.

One of the most interesting things to do when starting an organization, company, project or...

Introducing the new version of CAD.

People working for free software and privacy should not be criminalized.

CAD visits the CryptoRave conference in Brazil, one of the most important events in the...