Issue dossier

The listing says the badge runs on an included CR123A and says it ships ground with the battery in the United States while the seller will remove the battery for air shipping. It does not identify the cell chemistry/brand/protection, holder, polarity protection, current draw, charging behavior, thermal/short-circuit precautions, storage/transport conditions, replacement compatibility, legal shipping compliance, or test evidence.

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CR123A battery, shipping, and safety boundary · maker product/shipping wording · battery included and air-removal wording published; engineering context incomplete

The catalogue records the published battery and shipment wording without treating it as a complete safety, transport, charging, or replacement-battery procedure.

Badge
Dante's Inferno Badge (DEF CON 32)
Category
CR123A battery, shipping, and safety boundary
Severity
note
Confidence
maker product/shipping wording
Status
battery included and air-removal wording published; engineering context incomplete
Timeframe
current source pass
Source note
Dante's Inferno Tindie listing.

Evidence

Related Resources

later DEF CON vendor product list

Hacker Couture DEFCON 33 Product List

Nineteen-page Hacker Couture product list headed DEFCON 33 that repeats Dante's Inferno Badge at $100 with three-board, two-color-solder-mask, sixty-LED, CR123A, and one-SAO-port claims. It establishes a later vendor-list recurrence, not a second badge, organizer issuance, scheduled drop, completed sale, or image reuse permission.

Badge: Dante's Inferno Badge (DEF CON 32)

maker firmware release

Dante's Inferno v1.1 release

Maker release page for v1.1, published July 28, 2024, which says pre-sale 1.0 or 1.01 units should flash the update to fix an unspecified issue and names `enable, sh ver` as a version check. Release assets and prose do not establish a full source or engineering archive.

Badge: Dante's Inferno Badge (DEF CON 32)

maker firmware repository

dantes_inferno maker repository

Public im-redactd repository that links back to the product and documents a forthcoming information/software-update archive plus a 1200-baud USB/UF2 flashing procedure. It does not currently provide readable firmware or hardware source, a license, or image reuse permission.

Badge: Dante's Inferno Badge (DEF CON 32)

redactd Tindie product listing

Dante's Inferno Badge

Primary maker listing that says the independent electronic badge was introduced just in time for DefCon 32, names three connected boards, two-color solder mask, sixty LEDs, an included CR123A, a populated SAO v1.69bis port, custom box/foam/lanyard, and its shipment/battery wording. Its images do not state a reusable license or explicit permission basis.

Badge: Dante's Inferno Badge (DEF CON 32)

Source trail

Evidence Sources

GitHub / im-redactd · retrieved 2026-05-15

Initial Release - v1.1

Primary release source for the July 28, 2024 v1.1 update, its stated pre-sale 1.0/1.01 fix, and `enable, sh ver` version-check command. It does not explain the fixed issue, publish source or license, or prove installation, outcome, or unit coverage.

Badge: Dante's Inferno Badge (DEF CON 32)

GitHub / im-redactd · retrieved 2026-05-15

im-redactd/dantes_inferno

Primary maker repository for the published USB/UF2 update path. Its README says information and software updates are coming, but the reviewed tree does not supply readable firmware, hardware source, a license file, or a complete technical specification.

Badge: Dante's Inferno Badge (DEF CON 32)

Hacker Couture / Hacker Warehouse · retrieved 2026-05-15

Hacker Couture DEFCON 33 Product List

Primary later vendor-list source that repeats a $100 Dante's Inferno Badge and its three-board, two-color-solder-mask, sixty-LED, CR123A, and one-SAO-port claims in a DEF CON 33 context. It does not prove a separate artifact, DefCon 32 origin, event issuance, scheduled drop, completed sale, or image rights.

Badge: Dante's Inferno Badge (DEF CON 32)

redactd / Tindie · retrieved 2026-05-15

Dante's Inferno Badge

Primary maker/seller source for the DefCon 32 introduction, independent electronic-badge identity, three connected circuit boards, top-two-board two-color solder mask, sixty LEDs, CR123A, populated SAO v1.69bis port, packaging/lanyard, secret wording, $100 price, and sold-out-since-September-7-2024 state. It does not identify the controller, electrical design, firmware source, official DEF CON role, delivery outcome, or image reuse rights.

Badge: Dante's Inferno Badge (DEF CON 32)