About
Everyone is watched. No one checks.
Hermes kills Argus, after a Greek vase, Roscher, 1890
The name
Bentham’s panopticon had one hidden guard who could watch every cell.
Every large ship now broadcasts its name, position, course and speed, and anyone can watch. There is no guard. A forged position looks the same on the map as a true one.
Since 2013
In October 2013, at Hack In The Box in Kuala Lumpur, researchers sailed a ship that never existed across public maps off Italy, with about 700 euros of radio. AIS has no authentication. It has happened since without a stage, and each time a hull would have had to do something no hull can.
- 2017, Black Sea
At least 20 ships off Novorossiysk reported themselves at Gelendzhik Airport, 30 km inland. Source
A ship cannot berth at an airport.
- 2019, Shanghai
Ships on the Huangpu appeared on rings drawn across the shore; nearly 300 on the worst day. Source
No hull sails circles on land.
- 2021, Black Sea
HMS Defender and HNLMS Evertsen sailed towards Sevastopol on the map while moored in Odessa. Source
A moored ship does not sail.
- 2026, Los Angeles
Seven ships off Long Beach jumped across more than 100 miles within an hour. Source
Nothing afloat moves that fast.
Founded
In 2026, in Gujarat, India, by Vishmayraj Zala and Kathan Patel.