Issue dossier
The official flyer calls the item a fun badge for youth attendees, but does not identify paper, plastic, metal, a lanyard, dimensions, artwork, barcode, QR code, RFID/NFC, PCB, controller, battery, display, connector, radio, firmware, app, manufacturer, quantity, or final physical form.
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identity-artifact classification and physical/technical form gap · official 2026 flyer · identity artifact named; artifact specification unrecovered
The catalogue records a conservative youth-attendee identity artifact rather than an inferred electronic badge or a more specific physical credential unsupported by the source.
- Badge
- Hak4Kidz Chicago 2026 Fun Badge
- Category
- identity-artifact classification and physical/technical form gap
- Severity
- note
- Confidence
- official 2026 flyer
- Status
- identity artifact named; artifact specification unrecovered
- Timeframe
- Hak4Kidz Chicago 2026
- Source note
- Hak4Kidz 2026 official flyer.
official event page
Primary official source for the June 6, 2026 Chicago event, Irish American Heritage Center venue, youth ethical-hacking conference context, and Time Travel: Capture the Flag framing. It does not identify the fun badge's form, technology, allocation, or delivery.
Badge: Hak4Kidz Chicago 2026 Fun Badge
official flyer
Primary official badge-specific source: the flyer says youth attendees receive a fun badge alongside lunch, snacks, a T-shirt, and prizes. It does not identify the artifact's material, technology, adult or chaperone eligibility, CTF linkage, individual issue, or delivery.
Badge: Hak4Kidz Chicago 2026 Fun Badge