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The DEF CON 14 image uses Eliot Phillips / RobotSkirts' Flickr documentary photo of the badge under CC BY-NC 2.0.
A linkable camp-impact record with badge context, severity, evidence confidence, and source notes.
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image provenance · Flickr license metadata · licensed original replacement applied
The entry now has a real rights-cleared documentary photo without copying Grand Idea Studio's all-rights-reserved project-page images, generated art, or placeholders.
- Badge
- DEF CON 14 Badge
- Category
- image provenance
- Severity
- note
- Confidence
- Flickr license metadata
- Status
- licensed original replacement applied
- Timeframe
- current catalogue build
- Source note
- Flickr photo page for DefCon 14 2006 and badge.gallery image policy.
Flickr · retrieved 2026-05-15
CC BY-NC 2.0 original photo source by Eliot Phillips / RobotSkirts showing the DEF CON 14 badge; used for image provenance, not as a hardware-spec source.
Badge: DEF CON 14 Badge
Grand Idea Studio · retrieved 2026-05-15
Primary slide source for specifications, 6,055-unit quantity, cost target, feature set, firmware states, and production process.
Badge: DEF CON 14 Badge
Grand Idea Studio · retrieved 2026-05-15
Primary source for first-DEF CON-electronic-badge claim, PIC10F202 hardware, LED modes, production quantity, role-color variants, and contest lore.
Badge: DEF CON 14 Badge
VICE / Motherboard · retrieved 2026-05-15
Secondary history source for DEF CON 14 as the first electronic badge and the broader badgelife context.
Badge: DEF CON 14 Badge