Chaos Communication Camp

Chaos Communication Camp 2007

The camp where Sputnik/OpenBeacon active RFID tags turned attendance itself into a 2.4 GHz tracking and experimentation surface.

Finowfurt Aviation Museum · Germany · 2007

Sputnik / OpenBeacon

A small active 2.4 GHz RFID badge/tag used with OpenBeacon base stations for real-time camp tracking and post-camp hardware experiments.

Lifecycle

Add-ons & Upgrades

Sputnik / OpenBeacon historical

camp infrastructure

OpenBeacon base stations

Sputnik/OpenBeacon tags were read by 30+ OpenBeacon base stations installed around the event venue.

Compatibility: Sputnik/OpenBeacon 2.4 GHz tags

Sputnik / OpenBeacon historical

hardware/software upgrade path

USB-programmable 2.4 GHz node path

The talk describes a memory-stick-sized ARM7 meshing node design, USB power/reprogramming, RP-SMA antenna, and GCC ARM toolchain support for custom firmware.

Compatibility: OpenBeacon/Sputnik-derived nodes

Operational history

Issues & Camp Impact

Sputnik / OpenBeacon major

privacy and tracking · primary docs · historical

Sputnik/OpenBeacon made active RFID tracking part of the event experience, and CCC later noted the collected tracking data was made available for analysis.

The badge is a useful early case study for badge infrastructure as both playful telemetry and a privacy-sensitive camp artifact.

Sputnik / OpenBeacon note

missing rights-cleared image · local project policy · needs licensed original replacement

No Sputnik / OpenBeacon image is published because the current public source trail has not been paired with a reusable original badge or artifact photo or official upstream raster render with source URL, license or permission basis, attribution, and processing notes.

The Germany record remains source-backed and image-free rather than copying source-page media, documentation screenshots, event photos, social media, placeholders, or generated approximations.

Sputnik / OpenBeacon note

source recovery · public archive · needs deeper recovery

The surviving record is strong for talk abstracts and data history, but original project photos and source mirrors need archive/licensing review before adding imagery.

The page is sourceable, but the image remains empty until a licensed original badge photo is cleared.

Resources

Inside Sputnik & OpenBeacon camp talk · Camp 2007 Fahrplan talk with hardware, firmware, and post-camp badge-use goals. 24C3 Sputnik data data release note · CCC Event Blog post about released Sputnik/OpenBeacon RFID tracking data. OpenBeacon project archive project archive · Archived OpenBeacon project site for historical context. media.ccc.de recording talk recording · Recording page for the Sputnik/OpenBeacon Camp 2007 talk.

Sources

CCC Event Blog: 24C3 Sputnik Data available Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Primary context for the public tracking-data afterlife. Camp 2007 Fahrplan: Inside Sputnik & OpenBeacon - Smart Dust for the Masses Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Primary source for hardware, firmware, protocols, base stations, and post-camp usage framing. media.ccc.de: Inside Sputnik & OpenBeacon Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Recording source for the Camp 2007 talk.