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The DEF CON 17 visual uses Nate Grigg / nateOne's Flickr documentary photo `HUMAN` under CC BY 2.0, cropped to the visible Human attendee badge area.
A linkable camp-impact record with badge context, severity, evidence confidence, and source notes.
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image provenance · source-backed · licensed original replacement applied
The entry now has a rights-cleared original documentary photo while preserving the rule against copying Grand Idea Studio all-rights-reserved project-page images, press imagery, generated art, placeholders, or social-media scrapes.
- Badge
- DEF CON 17 Badge
- Category
- image provenance
- Severity
- note
- Confidence
- source-backed
- Status
- licensed original replacement applied
- Timeframe
- 2026 image replacement pass
- Source note
- Flickr photo 3793067350 structured metadata, Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 license page, and badge.gallery image policy.
article
Nuts & Volts article source linked by Grand Idea Studio for a narrative badge-making account.
Badge: DEF CON 17 Badge
assembly drawing
Assembly drawing source for board population and manufacturing reference.
Badge: DEF CON 17 Badge
bill of materials
Grand Idea Studio BOM PDF for parts and sourcing context.
Badge: DEF CON 17 Badge
contest entry archive
Contest archive linked from the project page for Mark Renouf and Jason Scott's incomplete Badge Bulletin Board System port.
Badge: DEF CON 17 Badge
contest entry archive
Contest archive linked from the project page for Simap's 32-bin FFT LED-display entry.
Badge: DEF CON 17 Badge
contest entry archive
Contest archive linked from the project page for 501d3r Guy's Blue Box / DTMF Dialer / Voice Amplifier entry.
Badge: DEF CON 17 Badge
contest entry archive
Contest archive linked from the project page for Team Hack the Badge's sound-fearing blimp entry.
Badge: DEF CON 17 Badge
event page
InfoconDB source for July 30-August 2, 2009 dates and Riviera Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas venue context.
Badge: DEF CON 17 Badge
image license
Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license page for the Flickr image license recorded on the HUMAN photo page.
Badge: DEF CON 17 Badge
licensed documentary photo
Nate Grigg / nateOne Flickr photo whose description identifies the anonymous Human attendee badge at DEF CON 17; Flickr structured metadata reports CC BY 2.0.
Badge: DEF CON 17 Badge
lore artifact
Poem/lore artifact linked from the primary project page.
Badge: DEF CON 17 Badge
official contest results
Official DEF CON source for 32 badge-hacking contest entries, judging notes, top places, honorable mention, and media links.
Badge: DEF CON 17 Badge
project page
Primary designer page with MC56F8006, MEMS microphone, RGB LED, operating states, production quantity, role-shape puzzle, documentation, source-code, and contest details.
Badge: DEF CON 17 Badge
schematic
Grand Idea Studio schematic PDF for the DEF CON 17 badge hardware.
Badge: DEF CON 17 Badge
slides
Slide deck source for badge design, signal-processing behavior, production, and hack contest context.
Badge: DEF CON 17 Badge
source code
Released CodeWarrior source archive for the Freescale MC56F8006 firmware.
Badge: DEF CON 17 Badge
test procedure
Production test procedure source for functional verification workflow.
Badge: DEF CON 17 Badge
DEF CON · retrieved 2026-05-15
Official contest-results source for 32 entries, Zoz's winning anti-surveillance system, Team Hack the Badge's second-place blimp, 501d3r Guy's third-place dialer/amplifier, and the combined seven-badge honorable mention.
Badge: DEF CON 17 Badge
Flickr / Nate Grigg · retrieved 2026-05-15
Licensed documentary photo source for the DEF CON 17 Human attendee badge; Flickr structured metadata identifies CC BY 2.0, Nate Grigg / nateOne attribution, and the image description as the anonymous badge for human attendees at DEFCON 17 in Las Vegas.
Badge: DEF CON 17 Badge
Grand Idea Studio · retrieved 2026-05-15
Primary source for MC56F8006 hardware, MEMS microphone, RGB LED, operating states, wired communication, serial bootloader, 6,694-badge production, role shapes, and contest summary.
Badge: DEF CON 17 Badge
Grand Idea Studio · retrieved 2026-05-15
Primary schematic source for component-level hardware evidence.
Badge: DEF CON 17 Badge
Grand Idea Studio · retrieved 2026-05-15
Primary released source-code archive for CodeWarrior / MC56F8006 firmware evidence.
Badge: DEF CON 17 Badge
Grand Idea Studio · retrieved 2026-05-15
Primary slide source for badge design, production, and badge-hacking context.
Badge: DEF CON 17 Badge
InfoconDB · retrieved 2026-05-15
Event-context source for DEF CON 17 dates, schedule archive, and Riviera Hotel & Casino venue metadata.
Badge: DEF CON 17 Badge