Issue dossier
The project page says badges would be shipped to drops around the country for proxy hackers to give away for free, but this pass did not recover a final drop manifest, production count, recipient list, or universal-attendee distribution statement.
A linkable camp-impact record with badge context, severity, evidence confidence, and source notes.
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distributed-drop caveat · project-owner source but incomplete · documented as unofficial badgelife
The catalogue treats the board as an unofficial DEF CON-adjacent badgelife artifact and avoids implying it was the official DEF CON 28 admission badge or a universally issued attendee item.
- Badge
- AND!XOR DC28 Badge
- Category
- distributed-drop caveat
- Severity
- note
- Confidence
- project-owner source but incomplete
- Status
- documented as unofficial badgelife
- Timeframe
- DEF CON 28 Safe Mode
- Source note
- AND!XOR DC28 Hackaday.io project page and RTFM log.
badge manual
Primary manual source for the STM32F412RET6, OLED, ST7735 TFT, APA-102C LEDs, BlackBerry Q10 keyboard, USB-C, battery holder, inspectAR workflow, key bindings, BENDERPISS CTF, and source-release links.
Badge: AND!XOR DC28 Badge
content source
Repository SPI directory preserving badge content-generation scripts and source assets used for bling/content packaging.
Badge: AND!XOR DC28 Badge
firmware source
Repository firmware directory containing badge firmware source tree, Zephyr setup helper, and word-list generation assets.
Badge: AND!XOR DC28 Badge
license
Apache-2.0 repository license source for firmware and archive reuse context; local badge image reuse remains withheld pending image-specific provenance.
Badge: AND!XOR DC28 Badge
manufacturing output
Repository Gerber directory used as the public manufacturing-output evidence for the badge board.
Badge: AND!XOR DC28 Badge
project page
Project-owner Hackaday.io source for DEF CON 28 pandemic-cancellation context, distributed free badge-drop framing, bling, embedded CTF, MyBASIC hardware scripting, Slack/scoreboard links, team roster, sponsors, and project logs.
Badge: AND!XOR DC28 Badge
source repo
Public repository preserving firmware, Gerbers, SPI asset-generation tools, flash image archive, troubleshooting notes, README, and Apache-2.0 license.
Badge: AND!XOR DC28 Badge
support documentation
Repository troubleshooting note source for post-release hardware/software support context.
Badge: AND!XOR DC28 Badge
GitHub / ANDnXOR · retrieved 2026-05-15
Apache-2.0 license source for the public repository; image reuse is still treated separately under badge.gallery provenance rules.
Badge: AND!XOR DC28 Badge
GitHub / ANDnXOR · retrieved 2026-05-15
Repository source for the released badge firmware tree and Zephyr/word-list helper files.
Badge: AND!XOR DC28 Badge
GitHub / ANDnXOR · retrieved 2026-05-15
Public source archive preserving firmware, Gerbers, SPI tooling/content, flash image archive, troubleshooting, README, and repository metadata.
Badge: AND!XOR DC28 Badge
Hackaday.io / AND!XOR · retrieved 2026-05-15
Primary project-owner source for the DEF CON 28 canceled/remote context, distributed free badge drops, bling, embedded CTF adventure, MyBASIC hardware scripting, Slack/scoreboard collaboration, sponsors, team roster, and project logs.
Badge: AND!XOR DC28 Badge
Hackaday.io / Hyr0n · retrieved 2026-05-15
Primary manual source for the BOM, inspectAR usage, BlackBerry keyboard controls, BENDERPISS CTF, RS232 mirroring note, GitHub source links, and named contributor/sponsor credits.
Badge: AND!XOR DC28 Badge