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Vignettes from the intersection of law and technology, and a word or two about sport. Put together by @ravirockks.bsky.social.

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Dr Ravi Nayyar @ravirockks.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

How on earth did they not write that down? Presenting the third instalment of my series on the big Telstra outage, focusing on the telco's change mismanagement and its role in making the relevant kit go on the blink. Dive in: open.substack.com/pub/atechnol...

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Paperwork which Mattered

Blimey, just show your work

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Dr Ravi Nayyar @ravirockks.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

To see the prior editions of my series, 'On the Blink': atechnolegalupdate.substack.com/s/on-the-blink

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On the Blink | A Techno-Legal Update | Dr Ravi Nayyar | Substack

The national fallout of technology debt and change mismanagement. Click to read A Techno-Legal Update, by Dr Ravi Nayyar, a Substack publication. Launched 2 years ago.

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Dr Ravi Nayyar @ravirockks.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

The latest instalment in my series on the Telstra outage: the telco’s rather ‘courageous’ approach to PR. Dive in and tell me what you think: open.substack.com/pub/atechnol...

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Relations with A Less-Trusting Public

Why those calls?

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Dr Ravi Nayyar @ravirockks.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

To see the first article of my series, go here: atechnolegalupdate.substack.com/s/on-the-bli...

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On the Blink | A Techno-Legal Update | Dr Ravi Nayyar | Substack

The national fallout of technology debt and change mismanagement. Click to read A Techno-Legal Update, by Dr Ravi Nayyar, a Substack publication. Launched 2 years ago.

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Dr Ravi Nayyar @ravirockks.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Presenting the second instalment in my series on Australia’s first significant critical infrastructure failure from bad timekeeping: open.substack.com/pub/atechnol...

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What’s Old Is New again

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Dr Ravi Nayyar @ravirockks.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

I’ve got to get a word in on the Telstra incident. Presenting the first instalment in a new series of pieces from yours truly for A Techno-Legal Update: open.substack.com/pub/atechnol... For what is old is new again. Dive in! cc: @1ishy.bsky.social, @jdstraughan.com

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Party like It's 2006

Yes, this was a cyber incident

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Dr Ravi Nayyar @ravirockks.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

P.S. When you're done with this one, check out the previous instalments of 'Hardcoded': atechnolegalupdate.substack.com/s/hardcoded

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Hardcoded | A Techno-Legal Update | Ravi Nayyar | Substack

How to solve a problem like emergency camp on functionality. Click to read A Techno-Legal Update, by Ravi Nayyar, a Substack publication. Launched a year ago.

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Dr Ravi Nayyar @ravirockks.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

Dive in: open.substack.com/pub/atechnol... It has been a great deal of fun and a privilege to research and draft these eleven articles over the summer. I have learned a whole heap about emergency call services, telecoms standards, baseband firmware and how all of that is/isn't regulated.

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We going anywhere?

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Dr Ravi Nayyar @ravirockks.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

Presenting the final instalment of 'Hardcoded', my series on our ongoing emergency camp on functionality fiasco down under. As I wrap up this series (which has run since December), I ponder the wider meaning of its title in the 000 policy context.

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Dr Ravi Nayyar @ravirockks.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

And when you're done with this one, check out the previous instalments of 'Hardcoded', a grim series on Australian telecommunications policy debacles, one after the other. atechnolegalupdate.substack.com/s/hardcoded

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Hardcoded | A Techno-Legal Update | Ravi Nayyar | Substack

How to solve a problem like emergency camp on functionality. Click to read A Techno-Legal Update, by Ravi Nayyar, a Substack publication. Launched a year ago.

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Dr Ravi Nayyar @ravirockks.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Dive in: open.substack.com/pub/atechnol... P.S. Bonus points for those who can tell me the episode which the quote below comes from without googling.

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Really, the 'First Protector'?

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Dr Ravi Nayyar @ravirockks.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

The latest in my series on our ongoing emergency camp on functionality fiasco down under. In this edition, I look at Ministerial decision making.

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Dr Ravi Nayyar @ravirockks.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

And when you're done with this one, check out the previous instalments in my series: atechnolegalupdate.substack.com/s/hardcoded

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Hardcoded | A Techno-Legal Update | Ravi Nayyar | Substack

How to solve a problem like emergency camp on functionality. Click to read A Techno-Legal Update, by Ravi Nayyar, a Substack publication. Launched a year ago.

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Dr Ravi Nayyar @ravirockks.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

This time, we're looking at the, at best, minimal oversight of telcos' compliance with their obligations to block phones that they identify as 000/112-incapable. And what it all means from antitrust and community welfare standpoints. Dive in: open.substack.com/pub/atechnol...

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Off youse go, then

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Dr Ravi Nayyar @ravirockks.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

The latest in my series on our ongoing emergency camp on functionality fiasco.

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Dr Ravi Nayyar @ravirockks.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

And when you're done with this one, check out the previous instalments in my series. atechnolegalupdate.substack.com/s/hardcoded

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Hardcoded | A Techno-Legal Update | Ravi Nayyar | Substack

How to solve a problem like emergency camp on functionality. Click to read A Techno-Legal Update, by Ravi Nayyar, a Substack publication. Launched a year ago.

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Dr Ravi Nayyar @ravirockks.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

As alluded to in the Shakespearean quote, I ponder where on earth the ACMA has been as the regulator of all emergency call services in Australia. Dive in: open.substack.com/pub/atechnol...

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Somebody ring up the ACMA

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Dr Ravi Nayyar @ravirockks.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

The latest in 'Hardcoded', my series on the emergency camp on functionality fiasco down under.

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Dr Ravi Nayyar @ravirockks.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

And check out the other pieces from yours truly for Hardcoded: atechnolegalupdate.substack.com/s/hardcoded

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Hardcoded | A Techno-Legal Update | Ravi Nayyar | Substack

How to solve a problem like emergency camp on functionality. Click to read A Techno-Legal Update, by Ravi Nayyar, a Substack publication. Launched a year ago.

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Dr Ravi Nayyar @ravirockks.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

In this edition, as alluded to in the quote from Macbeth, I look at the question of telcos, OEMs and the ACMA having the right information about the actual capabilities of phones pinging Australian cell towers to call emergency services. Dive in: open.substack.com/pub/atechnol...

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A simple source of truth, right?

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Dr Ravi Nayyar @ravirockks.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

The latest in 'Hardcoded', my series on the emergency camp on functionality fiasco down under, with a focus on 71 dud Samsung models.

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Dr Ravi Nayyar @ravirockks.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Check out the previous posts in this series when you're done with this one. atechnolegalupdate.substack.com/s/hardcoded

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Hardcoded | A Techno-Legal Update | Ravi Nayyar | Substack

How to solve a problem like emergency camp on functionality. Click to read A Techno-Legal Update, by Ravi Nayyar, a Substack publication. Launched a year ago.

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Dr Ravi Nayyar @ravirockks.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Dive into the latest piece in my series on a major telecommunications policy fiasco down under, 'Hardcoded': open.substack.com/pub/atechnol...

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Checking up on the checking

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Dr Ravi Nayyar @ravirockks.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Risk is, by definition, non-zero but human lives are at stake when it comes to the ability of mobile phones to make emergency calls. Stakeholders have to get the regimes for device testing right, especially for devices' camp on.

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Dr Ravi Nayyar @ravirockks.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

To read all the pieces in 'Hardcoded' (more in train): atechnolegalupdate.substack.com/s/hardcoded

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Hardcoded | A Techno-Legal Update | Ravi Nayyar | Substack

How to solve a problem like emergency camp on functionality. Click to read A Techno-Legal Update, by Ravi Nayyar, a Substack publication. Launched a year ago.

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Dr Ravi Nayyar @ravirockks.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

Dive in: open.substack.com/pub/atechnol...

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Dr Ravi Nayyar @ravirockks.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

Presenting my latest piece on the emergency camp on functionality fiasco down under, with a focus on 71 dud Samsung models. In this one, I look at how a crucial part of the solution for this fiasco has been staring at us - certainly at Samsung - in the face.

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Dr Ravi Nayyar @ravirockks.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

I moved @atechnolegalupdate.substack.com from Medium to Substack this year. Humbled by y'all's ongoing support. Especially from those of you who've backed me since I started the blog in January 2021. It's been another fun year of cogitation. Cheers, everyone! ॐ श्रीं ह्रीं सरस्वत्यै नमः।

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Dr Ravi Nayyar @ravirockks.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

Oh, and here's the page with all my previous articles for this 'Hardcoded' series. atechnolegalupdate.substack.com/s/hardcoded?...

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Hardcoded | A Techno-Legal Update | Ravi Nayyar | Substack

How to solve a problem like emergency camp on. Click to read A Techno-Legal Update, by Ravi Nayyar, a Substack publication. Launched a year ago.

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Dr Ravi Nayyar @ravirockks.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

Dive in: open.substack.com/pub/atechnol... cc: @guyyeomans.bsky.social

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Dr Ravi Nayyar @ravirockks.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

Presenting Article Four in my series on the emergency camp on functionality fiasco in our great southern land. Here, I profile the regulatory landscape for telcos and phone manufacturers with respect to the 000 capability of phones pinging Australian networks.

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Dr Ravi Nayyar @ravirockks.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

When anyone picks up a mobile phone, odds are they don’t know the operational and regulatory bits of how 000 works. They are, however, entitled to expect that it will. That, when they need it the most, help will come. My latest piece looks at what happens when it doesn't.

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Hanlon's Razor, right?

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Dr Ravi Nayyar @ravirockks.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

ICYMI here's the Prologue for the series: open.substack.com/pub/atechnol...

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How did it come to this?

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Dr Ravi Nayyar @ravirockks.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

Check it out: open.substack.com/pub/atechnol... cc: @guyyeomans.bsky.social

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Camping onto nowhere

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Dr Ravi Nayyar @ravirockks.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

The first substantive piece in my series on the emergency camp on functionality fiasco in Australia is here. This one brings together mobile telephony, firmware, economic incentives, CNI, technology debt, and, of course, Roy & HG, so it is perfect for your Friday to chew on.

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Dr Ravi Nayyar @ravirockks.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

In a new series of articles, I look at what happens when a particularly crucial part of 000 doesn’t work: the emergency camp on functionality of mobile phones. Here’s the prologue. cc: @guyyeomans.bsky.social, @ciaranm.bsky.social

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How did it come to this?

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Dr Ravi Nayyar @ravirockks.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

As someone who has spent the spent the past four-years-and-a-bit doing a PhD on the regulation of CNI assets and their software supply chains, to say geoeconomics is of interest to me is an understatement. Allow me to indulge my fondness for the subject: open.substack.com/pub/atechnol...

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Geoeconomics Makes the World Go Round

Planning for the future and then some

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Dr Ravi Nayyar @ravirockks.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

All risks are not created equal. I have a look at the importance of managing physical security risks, with the Louvre heist and alleged acts of sabotage against Sydney hospitals as case studies: open.substack.com/pub/atechnol...

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Let's Get Physical

Not all risks are created equal

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Dr Ravi Nayyar @ravirockks.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

Who doesn't love some national security law drama? My views on the saga of the aborted Chinese espionage trial in the UK.

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A Few of Us, Allegedly: The Saga of the Aborted Chinese Espionage Trial in the UK

Oh, what a tangled web we weave

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Dr Ravi Nayyar @ravirockks.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Some jibber-jabber from me on cybery developments that came to my attention in the past month.

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Some Cybery Developments

Well, what do we have here?

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Dr Ravi Nayyar @ravirockks.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

After a months-long delay (due to work and PhD commitments), the latest edition of my newsletter, Circum Cyberes, has dropped! open.substack.com/pub/atechnol...

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Circum Cyberes: 2(6)

Hot takes on happenings around the joint

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Dr Ravi Nayyar @ravirockks.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

My latest for the old blog, breaking down a few of the electronic warfare and logistics lessons from the war on Ukraine. Any feedback is most appreciated! open.substack.com/pub/atechnol...

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Two Takeaways from the War on Ukraine

EW, logistics and how to wrangle 'em

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Dr Ravi Nayyar @ravirockks.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

Edition 2(4) of Circum Cyberes is out, people: open.substack.com/pub/atechnol... Covering cybery (including SignalGate), physical security, geoeconomics and intelligence stuff! Have a read, give me your takes on mine, and give the newsletter a subscribe!

A Techno Legal Update @atechnolegalupdate.substack.com · 03/04/2025

Edition 2(3) of Circum Cyberes is out, folks: open.substack.com/pub/atechnol... Covering cyber, critical supply chains, geoeconomics, intelligence, the DIB and first principles! Have a read, give us your takes on ours and give the newsletter a subscribe!

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Circum Cyberes: 2(3)

Hot takes on happenings around the joint

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Dr Ravi Nayyar @ravirockks.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Edition 2(3) of Circum Cyberes is out, folks: open.substack.com/pub/atechnol... Covering cyber, critical supply chains, geoeconomics, intelligence, the DIB and first principles! Have a read, give me your takes on mine and give the newsletter a subscribe!

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Circum Cyberes: 2(3)

Hot takes on happenings around the joint

A Techno Legal Update @atechnolegalupdate.substack.com · 01/04/2025

ICYMI Edition 2(2) of our newsletter on all things cyber x geoeconomics x resilience dropped last week. Have a read, tell us what you think and give our Substack a subscribe! open.substack.com/pub/atechnol...

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Circum Cyberes: 2(2)

Hot takes on happenings around the joint

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Dr Ravi Nayyar @ravirockks.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

Presenting Edition 2(2) of my cyber x geoeconomics x resilience newsletter, Circum Cyberes. Plenty in here, from cyber to physical to geoeconomics to intelligence to military to DIB'y stuff. Tell me what you make of my takes and give us a subscribe!

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Circum Cyberes: 2(2)

Hot takes on happenings around the joint

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Dr Ravi Nayyar @ravirockks.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

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A Techno Legal Update @atechnolegalupdate.substack.com · 18/03/2025

Wow, 220 followers! Cheers for all the support, folks! To follow us: - On LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/tech... - On here! And do give us a subscribe on Substack as well: atechnolegalupdate.substack.com

A Techno Legal Update @atechnolegalupdate.substack.com · 18/03/2025

We're thinking about rebooting out old newsletter on cyber x regulation x resilience: Circum Cyberes. Here's the latest edition. Let us know what you make of the format and content! open.substack.com/pub/atechnol...

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Circum Cyberes: 2(1)

Hot takes on happenings around the joint