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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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CoyIM v0.4 released!
- February 17, 2022
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Ola Bini
- Over the last few years, we at CAD have worked really hard on a new release of the CoyIM messenger. Today we are finally releasing version 0.4, and it contains...
Fundamental security recommendations for critical infrastructure
- February 11, 2022
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Ola Bini
- The last years have seen a number of high profile attacks on computer systems either operated directly by the Ecuador government, or by third party corporations that host critical infrastructure....
The importance of metadata
- January 22, 2022
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Fausto Lagos
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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...