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The official page identifies the active tag and says it advertises a unique 48-bit identifier, battery voltage, and temperature when light charged, but does not publish tag firmware, a protocol specification, radio configuration, range, cryptography, identifier assignment, account linkage, scan/log policy, participant consent, data retention, data sharing, server configuration, security review, source release, or software license.
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BLE telemetry, privacy, and software boundary · official badge documentation · high-level advertised fields documented; implementation and data practices unpublished
The entry preserves the stated radio and sensing surface without implying an attendee-tracking deployment, a privacy guarantee, secure implementation, a particular collection practice, or a supported software workflow.
- Badge
- IEEE RFID 2026 Active BLE Badge
- Category
- BLE telemetry, privacy, and software boundary
- Severity
- note
- Confidence
- official badge documentation
- Status
- high-level advertised fields documented; implementation and data practices unpublished
- Timeframe
- 2026 source review
- Source note
- IEEE RFID 2026 RFID Badges page.
Evidence
Related Resources
official badge documentation
Primary source identifying the active Minew MTB11 ambient-light-harvesting BLE tag, its stated advertised fields, optional-carry framing, custom-printing, and reelyActive/Minew sponsorship.
Badge: IEEE RFID 2026 Active BLE Badge
official conference page
Primary conference source for the June 16-18 Santa Fe event, twentieth-anniversary context, 100-BLE-badge availability statement, and the official RFID Badges page link.
Badge: IEEE RFID 2026 Active BLE Badge
official post-event programme welcome
Official technical-programme chairs' page confirming that the twentieth IEEE RFID conference hosted participants in Santa Fe on June 16-18, 2026.
Badge: IEEE RFID 2026 Active BLE Badge
Source trail
Evidence Sources
IEEE RFID 2026 · retrieved 2026-05-15
Primary organizer source for the conference date, Santa Fe setting, twentieth-anniversary context, and 100-BLE-badge availability statement. It does not establish individual delivery, final count, tag configuration, or image-reuse rights.
Badge: IEEE RFID 2026 Active BLE Badge
IEEE RFID 2026 · retrieved 2026-05-15
Primary official source for the Minew MTB11 name, ambient-light-harvesting BLE tag classification, 48-bit identifier, battery-voltage and temperature advertisement statement, optional-carry language, custom print, and named co-sponsors.
Badge: IEEE RFID 2026 Active BLE Badge
IEEE RFID 2026 Technical Program Chairs · retrieved 2026-05-15
Official post-event programme source confirming that IEEE RFID 2026 hosted participants in Santa Fe on June 16-18. It does not report badge handoff, activation, receipt, or use.
Badge: IEEE RFID 2026 Active BLE Badge