Ocean exploration always required hacking - from figuring out tricks to keep your crew alive on long voyages far from land, to repurposing consumer tech on underwater robots. Carbon fiber hulls killing Titanic tourists = bad hacking. Repurposing smartphone supply chains to get down deep cheap = good hacking. I'll give you an overview of how to use your hacking skills to roam the seas like a pirate, and talk about a few things I've worked on recently which involved some interesting hacks.