Issue dossier

Sputnik/OpenBeacon made active RFID tracking part of the event experience, and CCC later noted the collected tracking data was made available for analysis.

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

Sputnik / OpenBeacon major

privacy and tracking · primary docs · historical

The badge is a useful early case study for badge infrastructure as both playful telemetry and a privacy-sensitive camp artifact.

Evidence

Related Resources

camp talk

Camp 2007 Fahrplan talk with hardware, firmware, and post-camp badge-use goals.

data release note

CCC Event Blog post about released Sputnik/OpenBeacon RFID tracking data.

project archive

Archived OpenBeacon project site for historical context.

talk recording

Recording page for the Sputnik/OpenBeacon Camp 2007 talk.

Source trail

CCC Event Blog · retrieved 2026-05-15

Primary context for the public tracking-data afterlife.

Camp 2007 Fahrplan · retrieved 2026-05-15

Primary source for hardware, firmware, protocols, base stations, and post-camp usage framing.

media.ccc.de · retrieved 2026-05-15

Recording source for the Camp 2007 talk.