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The project page links a Firmware v1.0 UF2 and gives a copy-to-flash instruction, but no reviewed source provides code, repository, license, changelog, checksums, signing, build toolchain, supported host procedure, bootloader instructions, hardware configuration, rollback, recovery, update policy, or security review.
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firmware binary, source, license, and recovery gap · maker page links a UF2 binary · binary linked; development and release context unpublished
Readers can locate the declared binary release without assuming it is open source, reproducible, authenticated, safe to flash on every variant, or supportable after failure.
- Badge
- FrogStar Badge (DEF CON 33)
- Category
- firmware binary, source, license, and recovery gap
- Severity
- note
- Confidence
- maker page links a UF2 binary
- Status
- binary linked; development and release context unpublished
- Timeframe
- Firmware v1.0 page state
- Source note
- BigTaro FrogStar 2025 project page and linked FrogStarFirmware1.0.uf2.
BigTaro Tindie product listing
Seller listing that calls FrogStar an electronic badge, describes its CTF, game, round display, and two-SAO surface, and says it was a Defcon pickup preorder with leftovers to be posted after the con. The listing does not establish completed payment, pickup, shipment, attendee allocation, official issuance, or image reuse permission.
Badge: FrogStar Badge (DEF CON 33)
BigTaro Uberflux product listing
Live marketplace listing for BigTaro's FrogStar Badge. The reviewed listing gives the $80 / seven-sold / 23-remaining seller snapshot, DEF CON 34 drop label, USPS Flat Rate $11 shipping, and recurring CTF/game/two-SAO description. Product media have no stated reusable license or explicit permission basis.
Badge: FrogStar Badge (DEF CON 33)
event creator schedule
DEF CON 33 creator-event schedule listing a Badge Drop – Submarine Badge/FrogStar Badge/FightDystopia Badge at the BadgeLife Community table and naming Jeff “BigTaro” Geisperger. It establishes a published 2025 scheduled drop, not completed handoff, allocation, sale, organizer issuance, or credential status.
Badge: FrogStar Badge (DEF CON 33)
maker profile
Public maker profile identifying Jeff as BigTaro and BigTaro's Badges as a maker that publishes leftover con badges there. It supports public maker identity and storefront context, not a complete manufacturing, event-distribution, or rights record.
Badge: FrogStar Badge (DEF CON 33)
maker project and technical page
Maker-owned page that calls FrogStar an unofficial DEFCON badge, lists its RP2350, GC9A01 round LCD, two SAO V1.69bis ports, WS2812B RGB LEDs, IR receiver, six buttons, CTF/game framing, and Firmware v1.0. Its images and artwork do not state a reusable license or explicit permission basis.
Badge: FrogStar Badge (DEF CON 33)
maker-published firmware binary
Direct UF2 file linked by the maker project page, whose installation text says to copy the firmware file to the badge. This establishes a downloadable binary artifact at the stated URL, not firmware source code, a build recipe, a release license, a security review, or a complete recovery procedure.
Badge: FrogStar Badge (DEF CON 33)
BigTaro · retrieved 2026-05-15
Primary maker source for FrogStar's expressly unofficial DEFCON framing, listed RP2350/GC9A01/SAO/WS2812B/IR/button hardware surface, frog CTF and game claims, and Firmware v1.0 link. It does not provide a circuit, power specification, production proof, event-distribution record, code repository, license, security documentation, or image reuse permission.
Badge: FrogStar Badge (DEF CON 33)
BigTaro · retrieved 2026-05-15
Direct binary file linked as Firmware v1.0 by the maker project. It corroborates a downloadable UF2 artifact; it does not reveal source code, authorship history, compiler/toolchain, license, contents, flash target, bootloader behavior, integrity verification, update policy, recovery method, or security review.
Badge: FrogStar Badge (DEF CON 33)
BigTaro's Badges / Tindie · retrieved 2026-05-15
Public profile that says Jeff is also known as BigTaro and that leftover con badges are put up on the store. It corroborates public maker/store identity and general leftover-sales context, not a particular FrogStar production or handoff outcome.
Badge: FrogStar Badge (DEF CON 33)
BigTaro's Badges / Tindie · retrieved 2026-05-15
First-party seller listing for the electronic-badge, CTF, game, round-display, two-SAO, fully-programmable, sticker, and Defcon preorder wording. Its seller terms are not proof of a completed pickup, specific event year outcome, exact inventory, payment, shipment, or official event affiliation.
Badge: FrogStar Badge (DEF CON 33)
BigTaro's Badges / Uberflux · retrieved 2026-05-15
Current first-party marketplace source for the observed $80 / seven-sold / 23-remaining state, DEF CON 34 drop label, $11 USPS Flat Rate shipping, and recurring CTF/game/two-SAO wording. It does not establish the original DEF CON 33 handout, whether this inventory is leftover or a later run, final delivery, hardware specifics beyond prose, or image reuse permission.
Badge: FrogStar Badge (DEF CON 33)
DEF CON 33 creator-event schedule · retrieved 2026-05-15
Event schedule source for the published BadgeLife Community FrogStar badge-drop listing and Jeff “BigTaro” Geisperger name. It corroborates a scheduled DC33 creator activity but does not itself prove the artifact's technical specification, inventory, final distribution, DEF CON issuance, admission function, or image rights.
Badge: FrogStar Badge (DEF CON 33)