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DNS and Privacy: Who Controls Your Browsing
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 translate friendly domain names (like example.com) into IP addresses, DNS has become a potential tool for surveillance and censorship. Each DNS query typically travels unencrypted, exposing our browsing habits to...
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Brief reflections on nowadays surveillance
- September 03, 2024
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christian
- By Christian Arteaga, Professor in the Faculty of Social and Human Sciences at Universidad Central del Ecuador
The Undercover Computer Agent in Ecuador
- August 07, 2024
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alex
- By Alex Sotomayor
The Struggle for Privacy in Digital Health Systems
- May 09, 2024
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marcelo
- Access to healthcare is a fundamental right, and computer systems play a crucial role in ensuring it. However, we face the challenge of protecting our personal data from corporate exploitation...
Concerning International Workers' Day
- May 01, 2024
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Centro de Autonomía Digital
- We, at the Center of Digital Autonomy, concerning the International Workers’ Day, speak out about an alarming and silent issue that exists within the software and technology industry: the normalization...
PrivaciQ 2024
- April 16, 2024
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Centro de Autonomía Digital
- The second edition of PrivaciQ took place this past March 23rd, an event organized by the Center for Digital Autonomy (CAD) aimed at bringing the discussion on human rights in...
Technology and Combating Insecurity: What Happens to Our Privacy?
- February 14, 2024
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Sara Zambrano
- Currently, Ecuador is experiencing an unprecedented security crisis that has left alarming numbers of direct victims—the so-called “collateral” ones—, widespread fear, and, above all, the longing for better days, where...