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The official event and first-timer pages explicitly describe the student artifact as a paper badge and say it is not electronic. They provide no visual design, material detail beyond paper, credential technology, PCB, component, firmware, or manufacturing record.

A linkable camp-impact record with badge context, severity, evidence confidence, and source notes.

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non-electronic artifact boundary · official event and attendee guidance · source-backed identity artifact

The dossier models a real disclosed identity artifact without upgrading it into an electronic badge or inventing attributes of a paper credential.

Badge
cackalackycon 2026 Student Paper Badge
Category
non-electronic artifact boundary
Severity
note
Confidence
official event and attendee guidance
Status
source-backed identity artifact
Timeframe
2026 attendee guidance
Source note
cackalackycon 2026 official event page and Cackalackycon 101.

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Evidence Sources

cackalackycon · retrieved 2026-05-15

Cackalackycon 101

Primary attendee-guide source stating that student admission includes a paper badge, not an electronic badge, with valid student ID at registration and no preregistration required.

Badge: cackalackycon 2026 Student Paper Badge

cackalackycon / Eventzilla · retrieved 2026-05-15

cackalackycon 2026 ticketing

Organizer-linked ticketing page marked ended that separately markets an electronic badge and describes student entry as a paper ticket, without badge-specific technical, delivery, or distribution detail.

Badge: cackalackycon 2026 Student Paper Badge