HITCON
HITCON's official 2026 pages publish the event context and NFC Battle description. This credit does not assign individual badge design, manufacturing, firmware, allocation, or image-rights authorship.
SourceHITCON 2026 · Taiwan · 2026
HITCON 2026 NTAG215 NFC Attendee Badge
Planned NFC attendee identity badge with a collectible-card exchange
HITCON's official 2026 ticket and events pages state that published ticket packages include an attendee badge and that every attendee badge is embedded with an NTAG215 NFC chip. The planned NFC Battle asks attendees to tap phones against each other's badges to exchange and unlock collectible cards. That establishes a source-backed future NFC identity artifact and social event game, but not a PCB, display, controller, firmware, reader/writer configuration, physical material, or final allocation record.
EventHITCON 2026
SeriesHITCON
LocationHumanities and Social Sciences Building, Academia Sinica, Nangang District, Taipei
CountryTaiwan
People
Authors & Credits
Association of Hackers in Taiwan (HIT)
The KKTIX ticket page identifies the Association of Hackers in Taiwan (HIT) among its organizers. This credit records official ticketing context only, not technical design, production, fulfillment, or image-rights authorship.
SourceWhy It Mattered
It carries HITCON's badge lineage into its planned 2026 edition without importing the 2024/2025 PCB platform: the official programme makes a specific NTAG215 interaction concrete while retaining the visible boundary between a passive NFC attendee badge and the separately named older PCB Badge Quest.
Hardware
The official events page names only an embedded NTAG215 NFC chip in every attendee badge. It does not identify a board, antenna, tag memory configuration, material, dimensions, lanyard, printed design, power source, display, microcontroller, reader/writer circuitry, or a finalized artifact.
Software & Apps
The announced NFC Battle lets attendees use phones to tap another attendee badge, complete an exchange, and unlock cards, with an event ranking based on cards collected. The source does not identify a mobile app, web service, protocol details, payload format, tag data, access-control integration, operating system, firmware, source release, privacy policy, data retention, or security review.
Lore
HITCON's official events page separately reserves the 2024/2025 PCB Badge Quest firmware update for those older boards. That activity is not treated as evidence that the 2026 NTAG215 badge is a programmable PCB or receives the same firmware. The current 2026 attendee-badge information is pre-event only and does not prove final production, receipt, or any participant's completed NFC exchange.
Source-backed hardware metadata
Technical Profile
Structured technical signals seeded from public badge documentation, repositories, schematics, firmware notes, or event evidence. These fields are designed for filtering, API use, repair planning, preservation, and future Companion Gear matching.
Artifact type
-
Identity artifact documented
HITCON's official ticketing identifies an attendee badge in published 2026 ticket-package conditions; its physical form remains unreleased.
Signal source
Radio / wireless
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NFC documented
HITCON's official events page says every attendee badge embeds an NTAG215 NFC chip for NFC Battle exchanges.
Signal source
Protocols
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NTAG documented
The official events page explicitly names NTAG215. It does not publish the tag configuration, memory contents, application protocol, or security model.
Signal source
Repair, preservation, and legal lab context
Companion Gear
Parts, tools, and supplies that match this badge's documented hardware, protocols, or preservation needs. These are category-level recommendations, not compatibility guarantees.
Lab401
exact
NFC / RFID Test Cards
Cards and tags for legal lab use, owned test cards, documentation, and protocol exploration.
Why this matches
This badge has documented NFC/RFID or card-protocol signals. Matched technical signals: NFC, NTAG.
Matched evidence
Open vendor search
- NFC Signal source
- NTAG Signal source
Vendor link · selected for technical relevance
Lab401
likely
NFC Field Detector Cards
Passive tools for non-invasive NFC field presence checks and documentation.
Why this matches
Field detector cards can help document NFC field behavior without modifying the badge. Matched technical signals: NFC, NTAG.
Matched evidence
Open vendor search
- NFC Signal source
- NTAG Signal source
Vendor link · selected for technical relevance
Lab401
generic
Faraday Sleeves
Storage and handling supplies for RFID/NFC cards used during badge documentation.
Why this matches
Useful for storing and labeling owned NFC/RFID test cards used during badge documentation. Matched technical signals: NFC, NTAG.
Matched evidence
Open vendor search
- NFC Signal source
- NTAG Signal source
Vendor link · selected for technical relevance
Lifecycle
Add-ons & Upgrades
historical-platform boundary
official 2026 programme
2024/2025 PCB Badge Quest separation
HITCON separately describes a Badge Quest for 2024 or 2025 PCB badges flashed with event firmware. That older-board activity is retained as historical context rather than evidence that the 2026 NTAG215 attendee badge is a PCB, has a controller, or receives the same firmware.
Source
planned attendee social interaction
official 2026 programme
NFC Battle card exchange
The official NFC Battle description asks attendees to tap a phone against another attendee's badge to complete an exchange, unlock collectible cards, and rank by cards collected. It does not identify the card payload, tag-memory configuration, app, backend, account linkage, privacy handling, or security model.
Source
ticket-package identity artifact
planned 2026 ticket conditions
Published attendee-badge ticket inclusion
HITCON's published ticket-package conditions explicitly list an attendee badge for eligible package categories, collected onsite. The reviewed ticket page does not establish a complete all-tier allocation ledger, exact badge handoff process, physical form, material, or final participant receipt.
SourceOperational history
Issues & Camp Impact
2024/2025 PCB Badge Quest separation
note
The official 2026 Badge Quest wording applies to 2024 or 2025 PCB badges that must be flashed with event firmware. It does not state that the 2026 NTAG215 attendee badge is a PCB, programmable, flashable, powered, display-equipped, or compatible with that firmware.
No historic HITCON PCB hardware, controller, firmware, game, connector, display, or BadUSB claim is carried forward into the narrower 2026 NFC attendee-badge record.
- Confidence
- official 2026 programme wording
- Status
- older PCB-board activity explicitly separated
- Timeframe
- pre-event, August 2026
- Source note
- HITCON 2026 events page, Badge Quest and NFC Battle descriptions.
NFC data, protocol, privacy, and security boundary
note
HITCON's official events page names an embedded NTAG215 NFC chip and phone-tap collectible-card exchange, but it does not disclose UID or memory use, NDEF/content format, tag configuration, read/write permissions, card protocol, app/backend, account linkage, authentication, encryption, anti-cloning measures, scan logging, personal-data handling, retention, deletion, privacy notice, threat model, or security review.
The record exposes the announced NFC interaction without implying a specific protocol, data model, privacy practice, security property, reader/writer capability, or safe handling guidance.
- Confidence
- official NFC Battle programme description
- Status
- NTAG215 and exchange activity documented; implementation unreleased
- Timeframe
- pre-event, August 2026
- Source note
- HITCON 2026 events page, NFC Battle description.
missing rights-cleared image
note
The reviewed 2026 event, ticketing, and activity pages establish the planned attendee badge and NFC Battle but do not pair a selected factual badge image with a reusable license or explicit permission basis, attribution, source URL, and processing provenance.
The HITCON 2026 attendee badge remains image-free rather than copying event graphics, page screenshots, ticketing media, or any other visual without complete reuse provenance.
- Confidence
- official media and image-policy review
- Status
- needs selected, attributable, cleared original
- Timeframe
- current pre-event catalogue build
- Source note
- HITCON 2026 official event, KKTIX ticketing, and events pages; badge.gallery image policy.
pre-event allocation, physical-form, and credential boundary
note
The official event and KKTIX pages establish HITCON 2026, published attendee-badge ticket conditions, and the planned venue, but they do not provide a complete ticket-tier/recipient ledger, collection workflow, final quantity, card dimensions, material, lanyard, printed design, access-control behavior, revocation policy, participant receipt, or post-event fulfillment evidence.
The catalogue records a planned event-specific attendee artifact without claiming that every registrant received it, that every ticket tier includes it, or that it functions as an admission/access credential.
- Confidence
- official event and organizer ticketing sources
- Status
- planned identity artifact; final allocation and form unreleased
- Timeframe
- pre-event, August 2026
- Source note
- HITCON 2026 official event page and Association of Hackers in Taiwan KKTIX ticketing page.
Resources
HITCON 2026 events — NFC Battle
official badge activity page · HITCON's official events page says every attendee badge embeds an NTAG215 NFC chip and describes the phone-tap card-exchange activity. It does not publish tag configuration, payload format, application details, access-control behavior, privacy terms, security model, or a 2026 PCB/firmware specification.
HITCON 2026 official event page
official event page · HITCON's official conference page gives the planned August 21-22, 2026 dates and the Humanities and Social Sciences Building at Academia Sinica venue. It establishes event context, not badge construction, allocation, firmware, or image rights.
HITCON 2026 official ticketing
official organizer ticketing · The organizer-linked KKTIX page identifies HITCON 2026 ticket-package conditions and explicitly names an attendee badge. It does not establish a complete all-tier allocation ledger, final physical form, credential behavior, or completed handoff.
Sources
Association of Hackers in Taiwan (HIT) / KKTIX: HITCON 2026 official ticketing
Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Primary organizer-linked ticketing source whose published package conditions name an attendee badge. It does not prove a final allocation ledger, all-ticket-tier eligibility, physical construction, or access-control role.
HITCON: HITCON 2026
Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Primary official source for the planned August 21-22, 2026 conference at Academia Sinica. It supports event context only and does not provide attendee-badge technical specifications.
HITCON: HITCON 2026 events — NFC Battle
Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Primary official programme source stating that every attendee badge embeds an NTAG215 NFC chip and that a phone-to-badge tap exchange unlocks collectible cards. It does not disclose tag contents, application protocol, privacy/data processing, security design, or a 2026 PCB/firmware platform.