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Data Leaks and Digital Espionage in Ecuador

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 in other areas, the Ecuadorian state allowed the privacy and security of its citizens to be treated with almost criminal negligence.
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The importance of metadata
- January 22, 2022
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Fausto Lagos , Ivan Jijon
- When we talk about privacy, the main focus is usually on encryption of regular data, but to what extent does metadata expose us? What risks are involved in being unaware...

CAD partitipation in Privacy Week 2022
- January 22, 2022
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Centro de Autonomía Digital
- During the Privacy Week 2022 that took place between January 24th and 28th of 2022, the Digital Autonomy Center (CAD) participated in the panel “The importance of encryption in data...

What is security research and security engineering?
- October 05, 2021
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Ola Bini
- Every single time a computer attack of some kind happens, the media and commentators throw a lot of terms around. However, the fundamental understanding of these terms is often lacking....

What is Ransomware?
- July 21, 2021
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Ola Bini
- Over the last few years we have seen more and more attacks of ransomware, in the beginning against private individuals and smaller companies. However, the last 6 months have seen...

How to avoid censorship in times of social conmotion?
- May 13, 2021
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Sara Zambrano , Ola Bini

CAD, present at FLISOL 2021!
- April 15, 2021
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Rafael Bonifaz
- Since 2005, the Latin American Festival of Free Software Installation - FLISOL has been held in different cities of the continent in order to spread the word about Free Software...