Hacker Con Badges

Issue dossier

SiNE was designed to transmit a random badge ID to Raspberry Pis around the ship for movement trails, with public data planned after the event and a user-visible erase workflow.

A linkable camp-impact record with badge context, severity, evidence confidence, and source notes.

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SiNE note

locator privacy · primary wiki · not collected

The plan makes SiNE an early example of a playful badge feature with privacy implications; the wiki also states that the Raspberry Pis were never set up, so no location data was collected.

Badge
SiNE
Category
locator privacy
Severity
note
Confidence
primary wiki
Status
not collected
Timeframe
during event
Source note
EMF Badge Wiki SiNE page.

Evidence

Related Resources

hardware hacking notes

SiNE flashing and fuses

Wiki notes for avrdude, ISP programming, ATTiny44A part flag, and low/high/extended fuse values.

Badge: SiNE

official wiki

SiNE badge wiki

Primary EMF badge wiki page for treasure hunt, locator ID behavior, sponsors, dev boards, flashing, components, PCB, and firmware links.

Badge: SiNE

source

SiNE PCB repository

Public archived PCB repository with Gerbers, production board files, schematic files, and dev-board files.

Badge: SiNE

Source trail

Evidence Sources

EMF Badge Wiki · retrieved 2026-05-15

SiNE

Primary source for SiNE's treasure hunt, locator ID behavior, sponsor credits, dev boards, flashing/fuse notes, components, and linked resources.

Badge: SiNE

GitHub · retrieved 2026-05-15

SiNE-Firmware

Archived firmware repository linked from the badge wiki.

Badge: SiNE

GitHub · retrieved 2026-05-15

SiNE-PCB

Archived source repository linked from the badge wiki, with Gerbers and Eagle board/schematic files.

Badge: SiNE