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The DEF CON 19 image uses a 00:18:26 frame from the TIB AV-Portal / DEF CON recording of Welcome & Making of the badge under CC BY 3.0, cropped to the talk-slide collage of real titanium badge variants.
A linkable camp-impact record with badge context, severity, evidence confidence, and source notes.
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image provenance · TIB AV-Portal license metadata and exact frame timestamp · licensed video-frame replacement applied
The entry now has a rights-cleared documentary video-frame derivative without copying attendee photos, generated art, placeholders, or all-rights-reserved gallery media.
- Badge
- DEF CON 19 Badge
- Category
- image provenance
- Severity
- note
- Confidence
- TIB AV-Portal license metadata and exact frame timestamp
- Status
- licensed video-frame replacement applied
- Timeframe
- current catalogue build
- Source note
- TIB AV-Portal media 40642 license metadata, CC BY 3.0, DEF CON talk metadata, and badge.gallery image policy.
event page
Official DEF CON source for August 4-7, 2011 Rio Hotel and Casino event framing.
Badge: DEF CON 19 Badge
event page
InfoconDB source for DEF CON 19 dates and Rio Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas venue metadata.
Badge: DEF CON 19 Badge
licensed talk video
TIB AV-Portal recording with CC BY 3.0 license metadata, DEF CON publisher metadata, creators Jeff Moss and LosTboY, and talk-slide frames showing actual DEF CON 19 titanium badge variants.
Badge: DEF CON 19 Badge
official forum note
DEF CON forum repost where LosT states the badge was not electronic and explains the security-token, curiosity, participation, and interaction goals.
Badge: DEF CON 19 Badge
program
Official program source for non-electronic badge rationale, titanium material, waterjet fabrication, kiln oxidation, role variants, clue surfaces, and Ryan 1o57 Clarke credit.
Badge: DEF CON 19 Badge
talk record
InfoconDB source naming the DEF CON 19 badge-making talk and Ryan Clarke / LosT presenter attribution.
Badge: DEF CON 19 Badge
DEF CON · retrieved 2026-05-15
Official event archive source for DEF CON 19 event framing, dates, and Rio Hotel location.
Badge: DEF CON 19 Badge
DEF CON · retrieved 2026-05-15
Official program source for the non-electronic badge decision, titanium material, waterjet fabrication, kiln oxidation, variant secrecy, puzzle framing, and Ryan 1o57 Clarke authorship.
Badge: DEF CON 19 Badge
DEF CON Forums / LosT · retrieved 2026-05-15
Primary forum source stating that the DEF CON 19 badge was not electronic and explaining badge goals around admission, curiosity, participation, and social interaction.
Badge: DEF CON 19 Badge
InfoconDB · retrieved 2026-05-15
Event-context source for August 4-7, 2011 dates and Rio Hotel & Casino venue metadata.
Badge: DEF CON 19 Badge
InfoconDB · retrieved 2026-05-15
Talk metadata source for Ryan Clarke / LosT badge-making presenter attribution.
Badge: DEF CON 19 Badge
TIB AV-Portal / DEF CON · retrieved 2026-05-15
CC BY 3.0 licensed video source for the badge-making talk; a 00:18:26 frame is used only for image provenance after cropping to the talk-slide badge collage.
Badge: DEF CON 19 Badge