Issue dossier
DEF CON 1 is modeled as a non-electronic physical name-tag and paper-badge artifact because the public source trail proves identity/access artifacts but does not support electronics, firmware, or hackable hardware claims.
A linkable camp-impact record with badge context, severity, evidence confidence, and source notes.
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non-electronic scope · source-backed classification · documented
The compendium preserves the first DEF CON credential artifacts without upgrading them into circuit-board badges.
- Badge
- DEF CON 1 Name Tag
- Category
- non-electronic scope
- Severity
- note
- Confidence
- source-backed classification
- Status
- documented
- Timeframe
- 1993-2006 DEF CON badge transition
- Source note
- DEF CON 1 official announcement, official media-server badge photo evidence, InfoconDB event metadata, official DEF CON archive page, and later DEF CON badgelife histories placing the first active electronic DEF CON badge at DEF CON 14.
article
VICE/Motherboard history placing the first DEF CON electronic badge at DEF CON 14 in 2006, supporting DEF CON 1's conservative non-electronic classification.
Badge: DEF CON 1 Name Tag
event page
InfoconDB source for the July 9-11, 1993 DEF CON 1 dates, Sands Hotel and Casino venue, official page link, admission price, and archive references.
Badge: DEF CON 1 Name Tag
image source
CC BY-SA 4.0 Wikimedia Commons documentary photo by Sephiroth storm used as the source for the local DEF CON I Human badge crop.
Badge: DEF CON 1 Name Tag
official announcement
Official 1993 announcement source for July 9-11 dates, Sands Hotel location, registration pricing, and the 24-bit color pre-generated name-tag promise for advance registration.
Badge: DEF CON 1 Name Tag
official event page
Official DEF CON I archive page preserving first-event context, announcement, speaker/audio/article links, and picture-archive links.
Badge: DEF CON 1 Name Tag
official media archive
Official media-server directory for DEF CON 1 pictures, including the unsorted photo set and contact sheet.
Badge: DEF CON 1 Name Tag
official media archive
Official media-server photo-set listing used to verify the recovered DEF CON 1 badge artifact image.
Badge: DEF CON 1 Name Tag
official picture page
Official 1998 picture index for DEF CON I, used to corroborate the recovered media-server picture archive and event-photo context.
Badge: DEF CON 1 Name Tag
official program
Official scanned program PDF preserved in the DEF CON media archive for first-event program context; no badge electronics claim is derived from it.
Badge: DEF CON 1 Name Tag
rights-limited archive photo
Official archive JPEG showing DEF CON 1 laminated paper role badges and a pre-generated name-tag form; used only as artifact evidence and not republished because the media-server copyright context does not satisfy the site's image policy.
Badge: DEF CON 1 Name Tag
DEF CON Communications · retrieved 2026-05-15
Official announcement source for the 1993 dates, Sands Hotel venue, registration pricing, and the 24-bit color pre-generated name-tag statement.
Badge: DEF CON 1 Name Tag
DEF CON Communications · retrieved 2026-05-15
Official scanned program PDF preserved in the DEF CON media archive; used for first-event program context rather than badge hardware claims.
Badge: DEF CON 1 Name Tag
DEF CON Communications · retrieved 2026-05-15
Official archive page for DEF CON 1, used for event context and the announcement, picture, program, audio, and article archive trail.
Badge: DEF CON 1 Name Tag
DEF CON Communications · retrieved 2026-05-15
Official picture index preserving DEF CON 1 photo captions and archive context.
Badge: DEF CON 1 Name Tag
DEF CON Media Server · retrieved 2026-05-15
Official photo-set listing preserving DEF CON 1 event images and the recovered badge artifact image.
Badge: DEF CON 1 Name Tag
DEF CON Media Server · retrieved 2026-05-15
Official archive image evidence for DEF CON 1 laminated paper role badges and a pre-generated name-tag form; used for artifact description only, not as a local published image.
Badge: DEF CON 1 Name Tag
DEF CON Media Server · retrieved 2026-05-15
Official media-server directory for the DEF CON 1 picture archive.
Badge: DEF CON 1 Name Tag
InfoconDB · retrieved 2026-05-15
Event-context source for DEF CON 1 dates, official-page and archive links, admission price, and Sands Hotel and Casino venue metadata.
Badge: DEF CON 1 Name Tag
VICE / Motherboard · retrieved 2026-05-15
Secondary context source stating that DEF CON 14 in 2006 was the first electronic DEF CON badge, supporting the non-electronic classification of DEF CON 1.
Badge: DEF CON 1 Name Tag
Wikimedia Commons · retrieved 2026-05-15
CC BY-SA 4.0 documentary photo source by Sephiroth storm showing a visible DEF CON I Human badge/name-tag artifact; used for image provenance and artifact visibility, not as a hardware-spec source.
Badge: DEF CON 1 Name Tag