Issue dossier
The current public sources prove DEF CON 1 name-tag and paper role-badge artifacts but do not identify the badge designer, production process, complete role taxonomy, or any official puzzle layer.
A linkable camp-impact record with badge context, severity, evidence confidence, and source notes.
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source-depth caveat · source-backed but limited · needs deeper archive review
The record limits claims to visible physical-credential evidence and official registration context.
- Badge
- DEF CON 1 Name Tag
- Category
- source-depth caveat
- Severity
- note
- Confidence
- source-backed but limited
- Status
- needs deeper archive review
- Timeframe
- current catalogue build
- Source note
- DEF CON 1 official announcement, official archive page, official picture index, media-server badge image, and scanned program archive.
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