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The listing says the ESP32-S3 badge is fully programmable, has a CTF/puzzles, unlocks GIFs/bling, and helps support the FD party, but no reviewed source provides firmware, binary, code, repository, license, build/flash instructions, game rules, solution/reset path, score service, content rights, data handling, party recipient, donation amount, accounting, affiliation, update policy, or security testing.
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firmware, CTF, party-support, and source-license gap · high-level maker feature and party wording · features and purpose named; implementation and accounting context unpublished
The catalogue records the advertised activity and party-support framing without assuming open source, an ongoing service, rights-cleared content, a particular beneficiary, or a verified fulfillment of support.
- Badge
- FightDystopia 2025 Badge (DEF CON 33)
- Category
- firmware, CTF, party-support, and source-license gap
- Severity
- note
- Confidence
- high-level maker feature and party wording
- Status
- features and purpose named; implementation and accounting context unpublished
- Timeframe
- current source pass
- Source note
- FightDystopia 2025 Badge product listing.
Evidence
Related Resources
BigTaro Tindie product listing
First-party seller listing for the FD-party framing, $150 price, sold-out-since-August-11-2025 display, user-defined BLE-MAC-address detection claim, ESP32-S3/two-PCB/screen/12-RGB-LED surface, CTF/puzzle/bling/GIF/lanyard/sticker claims, and product name. Its images do not state a reusable license or explicit permission basis.
Badge: FightDystopia 2025 Badge (DEF CON 33)
event creator schedule
DEF CON 33 creator-event schedule listing a Badge Drop – Submarine Badge/FrogStar Badge/FightDystopia Badge at BadgeLife Community Table 1 and naming Jeff “BigTaro” Geisperger. It establishes a published scheduled 2025 drop, not completed handoff, allocation, sale, organizer issuance, or credential status.
Badge: FightDystopia 2025 Badge (DEF CON 33)
maker profile
Public maker profile identifying Jeff as BigTaro and explaining that leftover con badges are put up in the store. It supports public maker identity and storefront context, not a complete FightDystopia manufacturing, delivery, BLE, party-support, or rights record.
Badge: FightDystopia 2025 Badge (DEF CON 33)
Source trail
Evidence Sources
BigTaro's Badges / Tindie · retrieved 2026-05-15
Public profile that identifies Jeff as BigTaro and describes the store's leftover-con-badge context. It corroborates public maker/store identity without proving this specific badge's manufacturing, BLE behavior, party-benefit outcome, or distribution result.
Badge: FightDystopia 2025 Badge (DEF CON 33)
BigTaro's Badges / Tindie · retrieved 2026-05-15
Primary seller source for the independent party-badge framing; $150 price; sold-out-since-August-11-2025 display; user-defined BLE-MAC-address detection wording; CTF, hardware/software puzzle, GIF/bling, two-PCB/screen, ESP32-S3, twelve-RGB-LED, lanyard, and sticker claims. It does not specify BLE implementation, power design, firmware, event distribution, party-benefit terms, official credential, or image reuse rights.
Badge: FightDystopia 2025 Badge (DEF CON 33)
DEF CON 33 creator-event schedule · retrieved 2026-05-15
Event schedule source for the published BadgeLife Community Submarine Badge/FrogStar Badge/FightDystopia Badge drop and Jeff “BigTaro” Geisperger name. It corroborates a scheduled DC33 creator activity, not exact artifact hardware, stock, completed distribution, DEF CON issuance, admission, or image rights.
Badge: FightDystopia 2025 Badge (DEF CON 33)