Privacy – Blog by Jay Mutkawoa (Nitin)

cyberstorm.mu meetup on OpenSource Licensing with Dr Till Jaeger

Post Author By Nitin J Mutkawoa
Post Date October 7, 2018
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It was a great opportunity to meet with Dr. Till Jaeger, Attorney at Law on cybersecurity, laws, trademarks and opensource licensing on Tuesday the 02nd of October 2018 at Flying Dodo, Bagatelle Mall. The event was announced on the official [Read More…]

MeetUps and Presentations

IETF 102 hackathon remotely from Mauritius

Post Author By Nitin J Mutkawoa
Post Date July 26, 2018
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The cyberstorm.mu team has been participating in several IETF hackathons these recent years. For the IETF 102 hackathon, we focused tremendously on innovation: The goal to create two teams for the TLS 1.3 project, one for the Implementation team and [Read More…]

Security

Enable Secure Text Keyboard on your Android

Post Author By Nitin J Mutkawoa
Post Date April 7, 2016
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If you do not want your messages to fall into the wrong hands especially when using free public wiki hotspot, one of the best way to secure your Android / Iphone key board is to install the “Secure Text Keyboard” [Read More…]

Security

Signal – Privacy is possible with SMS encryption

Post Author By Nitin J Mutkawoa
Post Date December 10, 2015
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Phone calls and SMS privacy are now possible with Signal. What is ‘Signal‘? “Signal has been designed for the mobile environment from the ground up. Messages and incoming calls are fully asynchronous; push notifications to let you know when new [Read More…]

Linux System

Overlay Union Filesystems in Linux

Returning to the world of blogging after nearly a month’s hiatus, I find myself intrigued by the concept of Overlay Filesystems. This article has piqued my curiosity, and I am convinced it will offer valuable insights for my future endeavors. [Read More…]

Posted on February 18, 2024February 18, 2024 by Nitin J Mutkawoa

Uncategorized AKA Non-Tech-Stuffs

My indoor plants in Winter 2024

I used to have a cool indoor greenhouse in my living room growing lettuce, arugula, and thyme. However, since I work from home most of the time and need a dedicated office space, I decided to make some changes. I [Read More…]

Posted on January 19, 2024 by Nitin J Mutkawoa

Cloud Computing

Playing around with SSM, Tags, and Resource Group in AWS

AWS Systems Manager is a service provided by Amazon Web Services (AWS) that helps you automate and manage your infrastructure at scale. It provides a unified user interface so that you can view operational data from multiple AWS services and [Read More…]

Posted on January 18, 2024 by Nitin J Mutkawoa

Blockchain and Fintech

Smart Contracts and Tokens in Ethereum

Smart contracts in Ethereum are self-executing contracts with the terms of the agreement directly written into code. They are computer programs that run on the Ethereum blockchain and automatically enforce the rules and conditions defined within their code. If you [Read More…]

Posted on January 17, 2024January 18, 2024 by Nitin J Mutkawoa

Blockchain and Fintech

Ethereum, Solidity and Decentralization

Ethereum can be considered a technology that is more capable than Bitcoin. In a traditional Blockchain technology like Bitcoin, I mentioned how Bitcoin is mostly focused on a ledger system with records and algorithms backing up the transactions. But Ethereum [Read More…]

Posted on January 16, 2024 by Nitin J Mutkawoa

Blockchain and Fintech

Proof of Stake in Blockchain

In some of my previous articles, I wrote about the Consensus protocol. If you had been following closely, you would have come across the term several times. I explained how Consensus is a mechanism by which participants in a distributed [Read More…]

Posted on January 15, 2024 by Nitin J Mutkawoa