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No GrrCON 2024 BadgeBuddy image is published because the current public source trail has not been paired with a reusable original badge or artifact photo or official upstream raster render with source URL, license or permission basis, attribution, and processing notes.
A linkable camp-impact record with badge context, severity, evidence confidence, and source notes.
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missing rights-cleared image · local project policy · needs licensed original replacement
The United States record remains source-backed and image-free rather than copying source-page media, documentation screenshots, event photos, social media, placeholders, or generated approximations.
- Badge
- GrrCON 2024 BadgeBuddy
- Category
- missing rights-cleared image
- Severity
- note
- Confidence
- local project policy
- Status
- needs licensed original replacement
- Timeframe
- current catalogue build
- Source note
- badge.gallery image policy and CynicalSignals GrrCON 2024 BadgeBuddy writeup and public ickfosec/esp code and wiring archive.
badge source tree
Repository directory containing BadgeBuddy firmware and ESP8266 wiring diagrams.
Badge: GrrCON 2024 BadgeBuddy
companion firmware source
Companion ESP8266 access-point and scoreboard sketch for the open `GrrCon WiFi` network and unique-client count display.
Badge: GrrCON 2024 BadgeBuddy
firmware source
Arduino-style ESP8266 firmware for the `BadgeBuddy` SSID, 30-second WiFi scans, unique-BSSID counting, 8x8 LED matrix animations, and falling-code mode.
Badge: GrrCON 2024 BadgeBuddy
official event site
Official event site used for GrrCON's Grand Rapids hacker, cybersecurity, and AI conference identity; it does not claim BadgeBuddy was an official event badge.
Badge: GrrCON 2024 BadgeBuddy
project writeup
Primary first-hand build writeup for BadgeBuddy distribution scope, ESP8266 and LED-matrix hardware, proximity behavior, cost notes, battery test, backpack companion, and image-rights boundary.
Badge: GrrCON 2024 BadgeBuddy
source repository
Public repository containing the GrrCon 2024 BadgeBuddy and Backpack of Shame code and wiring diagrams; GitHub reported no detected repository license in this pass.
Badge: GrrCON 2024 BadgeBuddy
CynicalSignals · retrieved 2026-05-15
Primary first-hand source proving BadgeBuddy's GrrCON 2024 context, unofficial friend-distribution scope of roughly thirty badges, component list, proximity behavior, backpack companion, and GitHub release trail.
Badge: GrrCON 2024 BadgeBuddy
GitHub / ickfosec · retrieved 2026-05-15
Primary companion firmware source for the open GrrCON-themed access point, MAC-address tracking, and four-matrix scoreboard.
Badge: GrrCON 2024 BadgeBuddy
GitHub / ickfosec · retrieved 2026-05-15
Primary firmware source for BadgeBuddy AP+station mode, SSID scanning, BSSID counting, LedControl display behavior, and animation thresholds.
Badge: GrrCON 2024 BadgeBuddy
GitHub / ickfosec · retrieved 2026-05-15
Primary public source repository for BadgeBuddy and Backpack of Shame code plus wiring diagrams; GitHub reported no detected repository license in this pass.
Badge: GrrCON 2024 BadgeBuddy
GrrCON · retrieved 2026-05-15
Official event source for GrrCON's conference identity and Grand Rapids context; no official-badge claim is derived from this page.
Badge: GrrCON 2024 BadgeBuddy