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The Impact of China’s Digital Security Model in Ecuador
Steffano Utreras
Over the past decade, Ecuador incorporated into its state infrastructure one of the most extensive surveillance systems in Latin America. What began as a project to modernize emergency response ultimately became a process of technological, financial, and operational dependency on the People’s Republic of China. ECU-911 not only reshaped the relationship between the state and its citizens; it also introduced...
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AI powered browsers: a useful tool or a new threat to our privacy
- December 18, 2025
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Steffano Utreras
- For decades, we have thought of browsers as useful and simple tools: “neutral” windows to the digital world. You type a URL, the page loads, and you have control over...
In the end, what's encryption?
- October 23, 2025
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Álvaro Paredes
- Imagine for a moment that the lock on your house, that piece of metal that gives you peace when you leave, simply does not exist. You wake up, get dressed,...
Data Leaks and Digital Espionage in Ecuador
- October 01, 2025
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Sara Zambrano
- Ecuador faces a severe digital crisis that reveals the darkest side of its politics and public management: constant data leaks and the alarming rise of digital espionage. While boasting advances...
Special Civil Intelligence Unit to Monitor Digital Calls to Action?
- September 25, 2025
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Álvaro Paredes
- The announcement by the Ministry of the Interior about the creation of a Special Civil Intelligence Unit to “monitor digital calls” and “prevent outbreaks of violence” is a serious setback...
DNS and Privacy: Who Controls Your Browsing
- September 01, 2025
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Laura Zambrano
- While most discussions about Internet privacy focus on cookies and fingerprinting, there is a fundamental layer that often goes unnoticed, the Domain Name System (DNS). Created in the 1980s to...
Quick Response
- August 08, 2025
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Ivonne Zambrano
- 2025. The world isn’t spinning any faster, but we live as if it were. Everything is fleeting, fast, instantly. We’ve grown used to life happening in real time, without pause....