Issue dossier
The maker associates Agency Wand with a DEF CON 34 BadgeLife Village drop, TrueControl's repository names it as the Wand's DEF CON 34 version, and Badge.Life lists Brookes Bytes in the village schedule. No reviewed source says DEF CON designed, issued, sponsors, or will distribute it; that it is included with registration; that it has an official vendor role; or that it grants admission, replaces a Human badge, or is a universal attendee benefit.
A linkable camp-impact record with badge context, severity, evidence confidence, and source notes.
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independent DEF CON association and credential boundary · maker DEF CON 34 listing, public project documentation, and BadgeLife village schedule · independent pre-event maker badge associated with DC34
The record retains a documented maker, public-project, and village association without presenting Agency Wand as DEF CON's official badge or an access credential.
- Badge
- Agency Wand (DEF CON 34)
- Category
- independent DEF CON association and credential boundary
- Severity
- note
- Confidence
- maker DEF CON 34 listing, public project documentation, and BadgeLife village schedule
- Status
- independent pre-event maker badge associated with DC34
- Timeframe
- 2026 pre-event source pass
- Source note
- Brooke's Bytes Agency Wand listing, trueControl/hsc25-dc34-wand README, and Badge.Life current DC34 village schedule.
Evidence
Related Resources
live Brooke's Bytes maker marketplace listing
Brooke's Bytes' live Uberflux listing identifies Agency Wand, source-named maker 000000widow, the current $60 / 19-remaining / 11-sold snapshot, DEF CON 34 BadgeLife Village drop, ATtiny1616/LED/button/CR2032/UART surface, and TrueControl partnership. It is a current marketplace description, not a final inventory, fulfillment, engineering-validation, DEF CON issuance, credential, or image-reuse record.
Badge: Agency Wand (DEF CON 34)
official BadgeLife village schedule
Badge.Life's current schedule lists Brookes Bytes Badge and SAOs in a Friday 4 PM DEF CON 34 village-drop slot. It corroborates village context and schedule intent, not DEF CON issuance, completed sale, exact product allocation, handoff, delivery, or image reuse.
Badge: Agency Wand (DEF CON 34)
public TrueControl documentation and firmware repository
TrueControl's public README describes 000000widow's Wand at HackSpaceCon 2025 and DEF CON 34, the DC34 hardware/firmware surface, XMODEM bootloader context, source-development history, and the documented REV1 hardware issues. It does not establish final production parity, a safe update or modification procedure, a formal versioned release, an explicit repository license, support, or image reuse.
Badge: Agency Wand (DEF CON 34)
Source trail
Evidence Sources
Badge.Life · retrieved 2026-05-15
Primary current schedule source listing Brookes Bytes Badge and SAOs in the Friday 4 PM DC34 village slot. It is village/schedule context, not proof of official DEF CON sponsorship, recipient eligibility, exact Agency Wand inventory, completed event handoff, access role, or cleared media rights.
Badge: Agency Wand (DEF CON 34)
Brooke's Bytes / Uberflux · retrieved 2026-05-15
Primary live maker listing for the Agency Wand name, source-named 000000widow/Brooke's Bytes maker context, $60 / 19-remaining / 11-sold snapshot, PRE/DROP status, August 7 BadgeLife Village drop, ATtiny1616, LED, button, CR2032, UART, and TrueControl-partnership claims. It does not prove final stock, payment, manufacture, handoff, safety, firmware parity, DEF CON issuance, admission use, or reusable-image permission.
Badge: Agency Wand (DEF CON 34)
trueControl · retrieved 2026-05-15
Primary public documentation for the Wand's HackSpaceCon 2025 and DEF CON 34 lineage, ATtiny1616/LED/boost/MOSFET/CR2032/accelerometer/UART/XMODEM surface, configuration wording, source-development context, and DC34 REV1 issue statements. It does not map one public branch or binary to every physical unit, establish a tagged release, full license, support, safe update/modification result, or image reuse.
Badge: Agency Wand (DEF CON 34)