Issue dossier

DEF CON 11 is modeled as a non-electronic human identity badge because the public source trail proves a physical badge 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 early physical credential without upgrading it into a circuit-board badge.

Badge
DEF CON 11 Human Badge
Category
non-electronic scope
Severity
note
Confidence
source-backed classification
Status
documented
Timeframe
2003-2006 DEF CON badge transition
Source note
DEF CON 11 media-server badge photos, DEF CON 11 program PDF, and later DEF CON badgelife histories placing the first active electronic DEF CON badge at DEF CON 14.

Evidence

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Badgelife history

VICE/Motherboard history placing the first DEF CON electronic badge at DEF CON 14 in 2006, supporting DEF CON 11's conservative non-electronic classification.

Badge: DEF CON 11 Human Badge

official program

DEF CON 11 program

Official program PDF source for event layout, information booth, vendor area, contests, staff-badge language, and Alexis Park field context.

Badge: DEF CON 11 Human Badge

rights-limited archive photo

DEF CON 11 badge photo evidence

Official archive JPEG used only as artifact evidence; it is not republished because the media-server copyright and attribution trail do not satisfy the site's image policy.

Badge: DEF CON 11 Human Badge

Source trail

Evidence Sources

DEF CON Communications · retrieved 2026-05-15

DEF CON 11 Program

Official program source for event operations, map, information booth, contest context, Goon/staff badge references, and the physical conference setting.

Badge: DEF CON 11 Human Badge