source-described companion add-on
The team announces a brain-in-a-jar SAO and says tapping it causes something to happen to transmission objects in range. The source does not publish connector/pinout, electrical requirements, host compatibility, radio or proximity mechanism, availability, final behavior, safety guidance, or technical archive.
Compatibility: H4irl1n3 M0gg3r5 Zombie Badge (DEF CON 34)
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source-described creative and naming context
The listing says the SAO is inspired by Maria, the art-deco automaton from Fritz Lang's 1927 Metropolis, and uses AI in the product title. The technical description identifies only a powered red LED and does not describe a model, application, inference, sensor, network, or programmable behavior.
Compatibility: METROPOLIS AI SAO (DEF CON 34)
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source-described fundraising context
The listing frames #NOICE around the maker's stated concerns about immigration enforcement and says a portion of proceeds goes to the Immigrant Defenders Law Center. It does not publish the amount, percentage, accounting, transfer date, recipient confirmation, formal partnership, campaign terms, or outcome.
Compatibility: #NOICE SAO (DEF CON 34)
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source-described hardware surface
The official event page describes an integrated OLED, four physical buttons, and a rechargeable battery charged over USB-C. Electronic Cats' public archive identifies a CH573F RISC-V/BLE design with a 128×64 OLED, four directional buttons, one WS2812B LED, USB-C, and a battery connection. The sources do not map the archive to every event unit or establish final capacities, charging behavior, component substitutions, board revision, or production configuration.
Compatibility: DOJOConf Panamá 2026 Electronic Badge
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source-described host interface boundary
The repository points to a DEFCON34 MICD source and says the badge's SAO port is installed upside-down from the cited standard orientation, with a 3.0 V supply and 100 mA maximum-current context. It also says the MalO header can be inverted with a switch and jumper. This is a source-reported design consideration, not an official defect finding, a complete electrical specification, or proof of safe interoperability.
Compatibility: MalO SAO (DEF CON 34)
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source-documented controller and interface
The badge README describes a portable headless ESP32-C5 RISC-V device with USB-C and serial CLI context, while the KiCad source identifies the ESP32-C5-WROOM-1-N4 module value. The sources do not establish a final production revision, exact USB behavior, antenna, radio configuration, test result, or operation of every assembled unit.
Compatibility: Pwnterrey 2026 Official ESP32-C5 Badge
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source-material archive
Punk Security's public repository preserves board, schematic, EasyEDA, Gerber, badge/chest firmware, and companion-model material. The archive is linked for provenance without presenting it as a licensed derivative-work, manufacturing, connection, flashing, deployment, or safety guide.
Compatibility: Punk Security source archive only; licence, final-release, companion-deployment, and all-unit parity remain unresolved
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source-material archive
Punk Security's public repository preserves board, schematic, custom library, Gerber, and firmware material. The archive is linked for provenance without presenting it as a licensed derivative-work, manufacturing, flashing, configuration, or safety guide.
Compatibility: Punk Security source archive only; licence, final release, and all-unit parity remain unresolved
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source-material archive
Punk Security's public repository preserves board, schematic, Gerber, vector-art, case, firmware, and activity material. The archive is linked for provenance without presenting it as a licensed derivative-work, manufacturing, flashing, configuration, activity, or safety guide.
Compatibility: Punk Security source archive only; licence, final release, activity outcome, and all-unit parity remain unresolved
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source-material archive
Punk Security's public repository preserves board, schematic, EasyEDA, Gerber, and firmware material. The archive is linked for provenance without presenting it as a licensed derivative-work, manufacturing, sensing, flashing, configuration, or safety guide.
Compatibility: Punk Security source archive only; licence, final release, sensing performance, and all-unit parity remain unresolved
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source-material archive
Punk Security's public repository preserves board, schematic, Gerber, artwork, firmware, and code-lineage material. The archive is linked for provenance without presenting it as a licensed derivative-work, manufacturing, configuration, flashing, operational, or safety guide.
Compatibility: Punk Security source archive only; licence, final-release, authorized-use, and all-unit parity remain unresolved
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source-material archive
Punk Security's public repository preserves EAGLE, Gerber, Arduino firmware, vector, and printed-art material. The archive is linked for provenance without presenting it as a licensed derivative-work, manufacturing, flashing, or safety guide.
Compatibility: Punk Security source archive only; licence, final-release, and all-unit parity remain unresolved
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source-material archive
Punk Security's public repository preserves board, schematic, EasyEDA, Gerber, artwork, firmware, manual, and sign material, and its public post says those source materials were opened after the event. The archive is linked for provenance without presenting it as a licensed derivative-work, manufacturing, flashing, or safety guide.
Compatibility: Punk Security source archive only; licence, final-release, and all-unit parity remain unresolved
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source-material archive
Punk Security's public repository preserves board, schematic, EasyEDA, Gerber, board-art, and firmware material. The archive is linked for provenance without presenting it as a licensed derivative-work, manufacturing, calibration, flashing, or safety guide.
Compatibility: Punk Security source archive only; licence, final-release, and all-unit parity remain unresolved
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source-named badge sponsorship
Telecom Village's official site displays PCBWay as Badge Sponsor for DEF CON 34. This supports a public sponsorship relationship but does not establish design, fabrication, assembly, funding scope, technical responsibility, or image-rights authority.
Compatibility: Telecom Village DEF CON 34 badge context; sponsorship designation only.
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source-named electronic artifact
The official checkout calls the physical item a limited-edition LED badge. It does not identify a PCB, programmable controller, LED count/color, power system, firmware, radio, connector, or any other engineering surface, so the record preserves the narrow source classification rather than reconstructing electronics.
Compatibility: Puzzled Hackers LED Badge (DEF CON 34)
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source-named hardware surface
The post names an ESP32-S3-MINI-1-N8 with Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, 13.56 MHz NFC, and programmable LEDs. It does not provide a schematic, BOM, antenna/NFC design, power path, interface specification, final revision, performance measurement, safety guidance, or proof that every proposed unit has that exact hardware population.
Compatibility: Sneakreaper Limited-Edition Badge (DEF CON 34) claimed hardware surface
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source-published community-event credential rule
The official Furry Village schedule says a DEFCON Furs badge was required for the group's 2026 event space, while the store says the badge does not get someone into DEF CON. Those published statements distinguish the community-event access claim from DEF CON admission; they do not disclose a technical access mechanism, prove an individual access result, or establish an ongoing credential.
Compatibility: DEFCON Furs 2026 event space only; separate DEF CON registration required
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source-published credential distinction
The notice explicitly says Adversary Village badges do not give access to the con. In a separate paragraph, it says the village hopes to offer DEF CON badges to volunteers if availability permits, but cannot guarantee that result. These are distinct source statements and do not establish an access role, pass allocation, or a relationship between any future DEF CON badge and the named Adversary Village badge.
Compatibility: Adversary Village DEF CON 34 volunteer notice; no DEF CON pass, access-control, or fulfillment claim inferred
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source-published firmware framework
The `.ino` source uses Arduino APIs and the README credits MegaTinyCore as a foundation. It establishes a published firmware lineage, not an exact MCU selection, tagged event release, reproducible build, source-to-unit mapping, open-source licence, support commitment, or permission to reuse the source.
Compatibility: OWASP SAO (DEF CON 34); exact MCU, final firmware, and physical unit unverified
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source-published interaction firmware
The public Arduino sketch defines 15 addressable RGB pixel positions and comments that the original badge has three PTC touch nodes; it changes its visual mode through the source's touch-handling path. This records a code-level interaction surface, not exact LEDs or electrodes, tested hardware, final installed behavior, or a safe operating procedure.
Compatibility: OWASP SAO (DEF CON 34); physical board, SAO specification, and host compatibility unverified
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source-published interaction surface
The CPEC repositories publish menu, pilot-record, game-state, display, sound, and game modules, and the earlier repository calls its code a non-final second iteration. Those sources establish an in-progress planned interaction surface, not final gameplay, player outcomes, a completed CTF, physical controls, accessibility behavior, or a deployed event experience.
Compatibility: CPEC DC34 MechBattle Badge
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source-published programming surface
The README says UPDI is exposed on the SAO header for reprogramming. It does not provide or establish a pinout, voltage levels, programmer compatibility, access-control policy, safe procedure, supported recovery path, final-board implementation, or successful event-unit result.
Compatibility: OWASP SAO (DEF CON 34); header specification and safe compatibility unverified
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source-published volunteer programme context
The notice says volunteers are expected to work approximately five hours per day, with hours assigned closer to the conference. It provides programme context for the stated village-badge benefit but does not determine a badge's physical form, eligibility outcome, schedule, access scope, use conditions, or completed contribution.
Compatibility: Payment Village DEF CON 34 volunteer programme; final shift assignment and participation unverified
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source-stated completed-event operating claim
A post-event WomenCon text reproduced through the IQSEC-linked public trail says Electronic Cats electronic badges were functioning at 100 percent with hardware hacking in real time. That supports completed-event use at a high level, but does not document test methods, affected units, functionality, defects, user outcomes, firmware version, repairs, security controls, or an independently reproducible result.
Compatibility: WomenCon 2026 Digital Morpher Badge
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source-targeted development platform
The game repository's PlatformIO configuration targets an Adafruit Feather ESP32-S3 no-PSRAM board with Arduino and a LittleFS configuration. This records an intended development target only; it does not identify a final badge PCB, assembly, controller population, storage, boot flow, power design, or a manufactured event unit.
Compatibility: CPEC DC34 MechBattle Badge
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speaker admission artifact
The CFP promises every selected speaker a speaker-colored electronic badge and free admission.
Compatibility: Accepted cackalackycon 2026 speakers; the public source does not define the badge's final physical or electronic specification.
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speaker credential
The official CFP says accepted talks or events receive a speaker/event-host badge granting free access to BSides Canberra.
Compatibility: BSides Canberra 2026 Planned Electronic Badge
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speaker credential
The CrikeyCon 2017 CFP promised accepted presenters, trainers, and event holders a special speaker badge.
Compatibility: CrikeyCon 2017 Identity and Speaker Badge
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speaker credential
The CrikeyCon V call-for-presentations, training, and events/workshops sections each promised accepted participants a special speaker badge.
Compatibility: CrikeyCon V 2018 Identity and Speaker Badge
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speaker credential
The participation-call sections promised accepted speakers, trainers, and event/workshop holders a special speaker badge in addition to the regular attendee badge.
Compatibility: CrikeyCon VI 2019 Identity and Support Badge
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speaker identity credential
The CFP lists a VIP badge as part of the NotPinkCon speaker benefits package, alongside travel, accommodation, dinner, and parties.
Compatibility: NotPinkCon 2019 Speaker VIP Badge
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special access artifact
The first-hand writeup describes DerbyCon's black badge as the event's lifetime-ticket equivalent and frames this build as the Legacy Black Badge artifact.
Compatibility: DerbyCon 7.0 Legacy Black Badge
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special badge artwork
The Lado B attachment page preserves a separate special badge-art variant in the 2021 set.
Compatibility: Ekoparty 2021 Badge Artwork Set
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sponsor add-on
The ROOTCON 13 sponsor prospectus sold an RC13 Badge value-added opportunity for sponsor logo placement on the badge.
Compatibility: ROOTCON 13 Programmable Badge
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sponsor add-on
The ROOTCON 11 partnership kit sold logo placement on the official ROOTCON 11 electronic badge as an add-on available to elite sponsors.
Compatibility: ROOTCON 11 Electronic Badge
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sponsor artifact
The sponsor category records badges designed by or for sponsors, including Arctic Wolf, Check Point, CompuNet, UETN, and Valcom entries with sponsor-booth acquisition framing.
Compatibility: SAINTCON 2022 sponsor booths
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sponsorship evidence
The official sponsors page lists a dedicated Badge Sponsor category for Nullcon Goa 2018, naming NCC Group in that slot.
Compatibility: Nullcon Goa 2018 Conference Badge
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sponsorship evidence
The official BSides Agra social trail announced IOTSRG as Badge Sponsor for the 2025 event.
Compatibility: BSides Agra 2025 IOTSRG Badge
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sponsorship evidence
The same official sponsors page lists a separate Lanyard Sponsor category, naming HackerOne, so the record keeps badge and lanyard artifact evidence linked but distinct.
Compatibility: Nullcon Goa 2018 Conference Badge
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sponsorship inventory
The official 2025 sponsor page lists one dedicated Badge Sponsor slot for the event.
Compatibility: BSides Cape Town 2025 Badge Sponsor Slot
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sponsorship status
The current 2026 sponsor page marks lanyards as sponsorship claimed in the conference-items inventory.
Compatibility: BSides Melbourne 2026 Lanyard Badge
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standalone behavior
The repository README documents rotary-encoder controls for FM audio output and cycling LED modes when the device is used without a PC.
Compatibility: DEF CON Singapore 2026 HFSDR Badge
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stimulation firmware mode
The badge manual documents calibration plus steering and wobble modes that affect perceived left/right balance through conductive electrode pads.
Compatibility: Tipsy Badge zap modes
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stock firmware extra
The stock flash image includes a separate DOOM partition next to the MicroPython firmware and filesystem; the community firmware README says DOOM stays on the badge after reflashing.
Compatibility: OzSec 2026 Conagotchi stock flash layout
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stock firmware update path
The stock firmware updates itself over Wi-Fi by downloading changed application files listed in a channel manifest, checking each file's SHA-256 hash, and swapping them in before a reboot; it does not reflash the MicroPython firmware, because the badge has a single factory app slot. Updates run only when the user starts them.
Compatibility: OzSec 2026 Conagotchi stock MicroPython firmware
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storage and programming interface
The REV. 0 documentation identifies a microSD socket and FTDI programming socket as physical interfaces. The catalogue records their presence without asserting media contents, production wiring, service policy, safety, or support outcomes.
Compatibility: BSides SP 2026 Garoa Badge REV. 0
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support microcontroller
An onboard STM32F042 acted as USB/serial interface and I2C ADC bridge, with ESP_Kwai library support and STM firmware material in the repository.
Compatibility: LCA2016 ESPlant
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