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Badgelife, Def Con’s Unlikely Obsession with Artistic Circuit Boards

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Cool article, but I’m not seeing the “unlikely” angle. Hacking and tech in general is ultimately about creativity, and these badges are more of a physical example that can be easily seen than most.

No doubt the unlikeliness comes in to play when you realize that HNers are likely not the intended audience of this piece. "Normies" have probably never seen an artistic PCB let alone a defcon badge.

Sounds like 'clickbait' titles bleeding into non-clickbait articles.

Pretty good history of #badgelife. Here's my coverage for anyone interested in the specifics of the DC26 badge contest: http://www.deaddialect.com/articles/2018/8/17/badge-story

Thank you. I couldn't read the vice story, so yours was a good replacement.

You couldn't because of a work-related IP block or was there something else? Because honestly my stuff is pretty fast and loose compared to their coverage, though it pains me a bit to admit it.

I don't know what was happening, all the stories on Vice's website redirected me to a 404 page. Your coverage was interesting, very boot-on-the-ground type of reporting.

easily make pcb badge with svg2shenzhen inkscape extension and kicad https://github.com/badgeek/svg2shenzhen (im the author)

I enjoyed the non-electronic badges L0stboy was doing every other year. One of my favorites was his Titanium Eye of Ra badge.

I'm getting a 404 for this story on vice. And for all other stories, too.

Your 'fake news' filter must be on /s?

Seems to be working fine, although I would perfer a mirror as well, for other reasons.

Well for that subject, I don't really care about distorded information in a news article, I just wanted a cool hacker/defcon story.

"Each year’s conference badge is a printed circuit board (PCB), the same type of mini computers you’ll find embedded in most modern electronics."

Oof... ouch. Owie.

It's every other year - there are physical badges in between[0][1].

[0] http://potatohatsecurity.tumblr.com/post/126411303994/defcon...

[1] https://hackaday.io/project/7087-defcon-23-badge-hacking

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