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The listing says the badge has no MCU or firmware and that its QR code opens a Google Maps Boba Shop search. The reviewed product trail does not publish the QR payload, any app/service policy, data handling, a schematic, PCB/Gerber/BOM, formal revision history, source license, support process, repair path, warranty, or a guarantee that the external search will remain available or suitable in a particular place.
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no-MCU, QR/external-service, design-source, and support boundary · live maker listing and current public-source review · no-code and QR-search claims published; technical/service terms unrecovered
The catalogue records the stated no-MCU and QR-search feature without inventing firmware, treating the QR as an audited or privacy-neutral service, claiming an open design, or promising product support.
- Badge
- Hacker Boba Badge Kit (DEF CON 34)
- Category
- no-MCU, QR/external-service, design-source, and support boundary
- Severity
- note
- Confidence
- live maker listing and current public-source review
- Status
- no-code and QR-search claims published; technical/service terms unrecovered
- Timeframe
- 2026 pre-event source pass
- Source note
- Brooke's Bytes Hacker Boba Uberflux listing and current public product trail.
Evidence
Related Resources
live Brooke's Bytes maker marketplace listing
Brooke's Bytes' live Uberflux listing identifies Hacker Boba as a DIY PCB Badge Kit, current $10 / 17-remaining / 33-sold snapshot, DEF CON 34 BadgeLife Village drop, keychain, switch, included CR2032/holder, three flashing RGB LEDs, no-MCU/firmware statement, QR-search feature, and a coin-cell caution. It is a marketplace description, not a final inventory, physical handoff, safe assembly, source release, DEF CON issuance, credential, or image-reuse record.
Badge: Hacker Boba Badge Kit (DEF CON 34)
official BadgeLife village schedule
Badge.Life's current schedule lists Brookes Bytes Badge and SAOs in a Friday 4 PM DEF CON 34 village-drop slot. It corroborates village context and schedule intent, not exact Hacker Boba allocation, official DEF CON sponsorship, completed pickup, delivery, or image reuse.
Badge: Hacker Boba Badge Kit (DEF CON 34)
Source trail
Evidence Sources
Badge.Life · retrieved 2026-05-15
Primary current schedule source listing Brookes Bytes Badge and SAOs in the Friday 4 PM DC34 village slot. It is group-level village/schedule context, not proof that every listed product is allocated there, an attendee entitlement, a completed transaction, or cleared media rights.
Badge: Hacker Boba Badge Kit (DEF CON 34)
Brooke's Bytes / Uberflux · retrieved 2026-05-15
Primary live maker listing for Hacker Boba, source-named 000000widow/Brooke's Bytes maker context, $10 / 17-remaining / 33-sold snapshot, PRE/DROP status, August 7 BadgeLife Village drop, PCB/keychain/switch/CR2032/LED kit contents, no-MCU/firmware wording, QR-search statement, and coin-cell caution. It does not prove final stock, payment, manufacture, safe assembly, handoff, electrical behavior, DEF CON issuance, admission use, or reusable-image permission.
Badge: Hacker Boba Badge Kit (DEF CON 34)