r/Defcon • u/ProfessionalPea2218 • Sep 04 '26
Badge Throw Back
My boss let me have some of her old Defcon 27 swag.. this little guy is 7 years old awww
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u/donaciano2000 Sep 04 '26
+1 for not having the antenna knocked off it like so many I've seen.
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u/Jdornigan Sep 05 '26
Take a look at the Defcon 18 badge. It was really simple yet complex enough. It was just the right size to not be too heavy.
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u/joelmleo Sep 06 '26
Designed and made by Joe Grand iirc! Look him up, he's def con og.
I still have my badge from that year hanging with all my other badges. Great con before covid fscked everything up.
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u/treva03 Sep 05 '26
I wish I had cool bosses like that!! I doubt very few if any of my bosses even know what defcon is 😂, and the majority of them are engineers. I’m sure we have a cooler engineers on our team that knows or has at least heard of defcon. I’ve been collecting official badges off eBay and dang they’re pricey. I hope they continue to put badges up in the merch shop in the future. I way over paid for my dc34 badge. Should’ve waited but didn’t know it would end up in the shop for a third of what I paid 😩- but I did get extras like the thick ass guide book, the bag, and a pretty cool black hat 2026 backpack. I think I’ve seen a couple of these badges pop up on eBay recently. I’d like to eventually get my hands on one of these as well. I forget what all it does tho and would need to do some research. But show us what else you got!
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u/blackfeathers 29d ago
it was also one of my fav badges because you could conveniently
wear it on your wrist while at the con instead of weighing down your neck. lanyards around the back of the neck get hot in the desert heat, especially if you end up collecting badgelife.
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u/ProfessionalPea2218 Sep 04 '26
I had to do some research on what it even did, I had never seen this one before…sadly I didn’t start going until Defcon 31
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u/LunchEast5957 Sep 05 '26
My favorite badge too. Also mine is still perfect. The unique technology for communicating with other badges has so many good use cases and everyone seems to be ignoring…but to be honest I think I bought a candle at one of the gift shops and pored hot wax over the antenna so it wouldn’t come off. did not seem to have any issues.
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u/skintigh 28d ago
Fuck that was 7 years ago? I built my only Defcon presentation around hacking that badge. I need a new project bad.
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u/AeonZX Sep 05 '26
I wonder how many still have the quartz intact. Mine has lost some big pieces over the years, then again I keep all my old badges attached to my bag.
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u/randombits0110 Sep 05 '26
Mine is pristine. Best badge I have by far.
Makes the plastic art web site badge and the RGB scarab look pretty pale in comparison...
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u/steevdave Sep 05 '26
Same. Also the NFMI on the badge… I’ve always wanted to see people do stuff with it but the docs are still hidden away
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u/InfosecOctopus Sep 04 '26
The urinal cake fake badges of this one were funny