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Personal Data Protection in Civil Society Organizations in the Global South: Urgency, Challenges, and Responsibility

Personal Data Protection in Civil Society Organizations in the Global South: Urgency, Challenges, and Responsibility

Sara Zambrano

In recent years, the importance of personal data has grown exponentially. What was once considered administrative information—names, phone numbers, addresses—is now a strategic asset that influences public policy decisions, state surveillance mechanisms, and the commercial strategies of large technology corporations. For civil society organizations (CSOs), especially in contexts marked by high levels of violence, discrimination, and state or corporate surveillance,...

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Two-Factor Authentication

Two-Factor Authentication

  • November 29, 2019
  • Pedro Palau , Rafael Bonifaz
  • In the previous article we reviewed some important concepts around password handling and how to generate them in a more secure way.
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What is Diffie-Hellman?

What is Diffie-Hellman?

  • November 11, 2019
  • Mauro Velasco
  • Communication is one of the fundamental pillars of humanity since its inception.
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Secure passwords

Secure passwords

  • October 30, 2019
  • Pedro Palau
  • Passwords are one of the most important tools to protect information in the digital world.
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Mumble and Tails

Mumble and Tails

  • October 09, 2019
  • Rafael Bonifaz , Sandy Acurio
  • In a digital world, internet calls have become an alternative for global communications at low cost; they are used daily by millions of people.
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Analysis of the Novaestrat Leak

Analysis of the Novaestrat Leak

  • September 28, 2019
  • Ola Bini
  • On September 16, ZDNet in collaboration with vpnMentor published an article showing that 20.8 million user records was publicly exposed in a database.
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OTRv4 Summit and PETS2019

OTRv4 Summit and PETS2019

  • September 27, 2019
  • Pedro Palau , Mauro Velasco
  • PETS is an annual event, that holds each year informative talks of privacy experts from around the world.
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