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The listing names an RP2040, LoRa, NFC, 48 RGB LEDs, MicroPython, touch points, and SAO V1.69bis, but does not identify components, radio band/configuration/compliance, antenna, NFC chip or data behavior, LED parts/current, touch method, board revision, schematic, BOM, firmware, source license, power, battery, charging, connector pinout, electrical limits, test results, safety guidance, privacy practice, or final-unit parity. Its stated future GitHub publication is not treated as already released.
A linkable camp-impact record with badge context, severity, evidence confidence, and source notes.
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hardware, software, radio, NFC, and safety specification boundary · official product-description review · high-level planned electronics published; technical release unrecovered
The record makes the organizer-published design intent discoverable without converting sales copy into a finalized, safe, interoperable, privacy-reviewed, or source-released device.
- Badge
- DEFCON Furs 2026 Badge
- Category
- hardware, software, radio, NFC, and safety specification boundary
- Severity
- note
- Confidence
- official product-description review
- Status
- high-level planned electronics published; technical release unrecovered
- Timeframe
- 2026 product listing
- Source note
- Hack Your Lives DEFCON Furs 2026 assembled-badge listing, retrieved 2026-09-03.
Evidence
Related Resources
official community-event site
Primary DEFCON Furs source for its August 6-9, 2026 Las Vegas / DEF CON 34 context and published 2026 badge-preorder announcement. It establishes event association, not completed badge manufacture, distribution, or DEF CON issuance.
Badge: DEFCON Furs 2026 Badge
official event-space schedule
Primary official schedule stating DEFCON Furs badge pickup and that a DEFCON Furs badge was required for the group's 2026 event space. It documents published event-space terms, not individual pickup, every access decision, or DEF CON admission.
Badge: DEFCON Furs 2026 Badge
official pickup schedule
Primary official schedule listing DEFCON Furs badge-pickup sessions during the DEF CON 34 period. Past-dated schedule listings do not prove a particular handoff, recipient, or completed shipment.
Badge: DEFCON Furs 2026 Badge
official programme donation-store listing
Primary Hack Your Lives listing for the sold-out assembled-badge plus blank-PCB offer, stated RP2040/LoRa/NFC/48-LED/MicroPython/touch/SAO surface, and September 30 planned shipment. It is not a completed fulfillment ledger, final technical release, or image-reuse grant.
Badge: DEFCON Furs 2026 Badge
Source trail
Evidence Sources
DEFCON Furs · retrieved 2026-05-15
Primary programme site identifying DEFCON Furs' 2026 DEF CON 34-period events and announcing 2026 badges available for preorder. It does not establish a final board, delivery, access result, or DEF CON credential status.
Badge: DEFCON Furs 2026 Badge
DEFCON Furs · retrieved 2026-05-15
Primary official event-space schedule with DEFCON Furs badge pickup and badge-required wording. It establishes the stated event-space rule only, not a completed access-control transaction, individual receipt, or DEF CON-issued credential.
Badge: DEFCON Furs 2026 Badge
DEFCON Furs · retrieved 2026-05-15
Primary official schedule listing two DEFCON Furs Badge Pickup sessions at the QueerCon Space during DEF CON 34. It is a scheduled pickup record, not proof that a named item was handed over or retained.
Badge: DEFCON Furs 2026 Badge
Hack Your Lives / DEFCON Furs · retrieved 2026-09-03
Primary current sold-out product listing describing the planned badge electronics, assembled and blank-PCB offer, future September 30 shipping statement, DEFCON Furs event-space requirement, and explicit no-DEF-CON-admission boundary. It does not prove completed assembly, shipment, collection, final-unit parity, or image rights.
Badge: DEFCON Furs 2026 Badge