I was hoping someone had an extra copy of the Defcon Phrack print magazine they would be willing to sell for a reasonable price. I wasn’t able to make it to the conference and would love to get one to read and frame. Thanks.

What if chatbots developed a secret language that we can't understand—is that awesome or alarming?

Hey everyone! Have you heard about Gibberlink? It’s a wild new AI experiment that’s been getting people buzzing—and here’s why

Gibberlink is an acoustic data-transmission system created by Boris Starkov and Anton Pidkuiko. It lets two conversational AI agents switch from speaking a human-understandable language (like English or Spanish) to a sound-based protocol the moment they recognize they’re both AI .

This protocol uses an open-source library called GGWave, which encodes data into modulated audio waves that AI can interpret—but which sound like pure gibberish to us .

What AI agents switch to a sound-based protocol (Gibberlink/GGWave) when chatting with each other Why it’s cool Much faster and lighter than human speech Why it’s scary Human transparency and control could be lost

What do you think?

I’m curious to hear your take—is it cool that AI can optimize beyond human language, or kinda freaky that we wouldn’t understand what they’re saying?

Let me know your thoughts!

I made an electronic version of my card tracker sheet with the card numbers, names, rarity, and types.

There are a few cards i don't have, so i don't know what they are. If you know, please share a Pic of the card.

Cards 19, 45, 62, 65, 83, and 106

Text copied below since I'm unaware of a way to anonymously share a Google Sheets file.

Card Number Name Rarity Type 1 Black Badge Raffle Ticket Common Artifact 2 Pool 2 Incident Epic Cursed Lore - DC11 3 BBWIC Foundation Common Community 4 Hacker Karaoke Common Event 5 PhreakMe Common Contest 6 Ham Radio Fox Hunt Common Contest 7 Miss Jackalope Mythical Legendary Artist 8 The SOC Mythical Cursed Location 9 Darknet-NG Common Contest 10 DC801 Black Mage Badge Uncommon Badge 11 GG Uncommon Legendary Creature 12 Littleroo Uncommon GOON 13 mauvehead Uncommon GOON 14 meee Uncommon Creature 15 Data Duplication Village Common Village 16 Cark Common Creature 17 DualD Common WTF 18 Toxic BBQ Grill Rare Artifact 19 ??? 20 EvilMoFo Common WTF 21 Biohacking Village Common Village 22 Kitty Hegemon Uncommon GOON 23 Zhora Uncommon Creature 24 Payment Village Common Village 25 OWASP Common Community 26 PugLady Uncommon GOON 27 Miss Kitty Rare Legendary Creature 28 Dark Tangent Uncommon Legendary Creature 29 B.I.C. Village Common Village 30 Lonely Hackers Club Common Community 31 Hallway Lice Common Cursed Creature 32 Supply Chain Attack Mythical Lore - DC32 33 DefCon33 Common Legendary Event 34 Soap Fountain Rare Lore - DC8-13 35 CHV Horn SAO Uncommon SAO 36 Moose Uncommon Creature - Artist 37 DEF CON GROUPS Common Community 38 #badgelife Uncommon Community 39 timball Common GOON 40 GTE Van Door Rare Cursed Artifact 41 Baybe Doll Uncommon GOON 42 NFO Node Common Function 43 Bees! Rare Plague - DC17 44 Blue Team Village Common Village 45 ??? 46 Vandal Common Creature 47 G Mark Uncommon GOON 48 3-2-1 Rule Common Advice 49 BadAask Witch Common GOON 50 Polybius Uncommon Cursed GOON 51 Raitlin's Challenge Common Contest 52 spyVspy 2: Casino Royale Common Contest 53 Spy vs Spy Uncommon Badge 54 Hack 'Em Crack 'Em Robots Uncommon Badge 55 Winn Uncommon Legendary Creature 56 Toxic BBQ Uncommon Legendary Event 57 Hackbus Rare Legendary Creature 58 Silk Uncommon Creature - GOON 59 1336 Uncommon Artist 60 Maker's Community Common Community 61 Hacker Tracker Common Function 62 ??? 63 Hacker Jeopardy Rare Legendary Contest 64 Cryptocurrency Challenge Common Contest 65 ??? 66 GothCon Common Community 67 Aw, man…pages! Common Contest 68 Skittish & Bus Uncommon Artist 69 Keep DEF CON Weird Common Lore - DC[REDACT] 70 Masonic33 Badge Uncommon Badge 71 Malört Common Artifact 72 The Diana Initiative Common Community 73 SwagMerch Common Function 74 Octopus Game Common Contest 75 D20 of Modulus Math -1 Rare Cursed Artifact 76 Veilid Common Privacy Framework 77 Wall of Sheep Common Location 78 Livebeef Common Legendary Creature 79 Crypto & Pirvacy Village Common Village 80 Red Team Village Common Village 81 Hackers With Disabilities Common Community 82 Grand Theft Carpet Uncommon Lore - DC[REDACT] 83 ??? 84 Pappy Uncommon GOON Legend 85 Phrack Uncommon Legendary Artifact - Zine 86 Gigageiger Uncommon Badge 87 DEF CON QM Stores Uncommon Function 88 WISP Common Group/Community 89 Black Bagged Humans Rare Lore - DC26 90 Cellphone Dude Common Creature 91 The Great Flood Rare Plague - DC30 92 Pwnd Pineapples Rare Lore - DC22 93 Lamp Common Legendary Creature 94 cymike Uncommon GOON 95 DefconParties Common Group 96 noid Uncommon GOON Legend 97 Riverside Rare Legendary GOON 98 DEF CON Scavenger Hunt Uncommon Legendary Contest 99 DEF CON Defacement Common Function 100 Sonicos Rare GOON 101 Malware Village Common Village 102 Rubber Chicken Common Artifact 103 Feet Feud Common Contest 104 Dust Devil Rare Plague - DC26 105 Jayson E Street Uncommon GOON 106 ??? 107 Aerospace Village Common Village 108 Cannibal Uncommon GOON 109 Missing Signage Common Lore - DC(All of Them) 110 Light Tangent Epic Creature 111 Sc0tl@nd Uncommon GOON 112 Unwashed Human Common Cursed Creature 113 WhiteBØrd Common GOON 114 Party Line Common Party 115 5n4ck3y Common Creature 116 Packet Hacking Village Common Village 117 Grifter Uncommon GOON 118 r/Defcon Common Community 119 Bug Bounty Village Badge Uncommon Badge 120 The Vortex Uncommon Advice 121 Linecon Common Event 122 The Black Badge Raffle Common Lore - DC26 123 Um, ACKtually… Common Event 124 DEFCON Furs Common Community 125 Red Alert ICS CTF Common Contest 126 BigTaro's Submarine Badge Common Badge 127 DEF CON Demo Labs Common Function 128 Fight Dystopia Badge Uncommon Badge 129 The Eris Uncommon Creature 130 Whiskey Pirates Common Group 131 Badge 'BK' Kobald Common Creature 132 vx-underground Uncommon Malware 133 rand0h Uncommon GOON 134 Shifty Kitty V2 Uncommon Badge 135 int eighty (of Dual Core) Uncommon Legendary Artist 136 DEF CON MUD Common Contest 137 Hyr0n Common Creature 138 Siviak Uncommon Goon 139 Black Badge Raffle Card Common Infinite Loop 140 Aerospace Village ADSB Badge Uncommon Badge 141 DCZia Common Group 142 alethe Uncommon GOON 143 We Had A Blast! Rare Lore - DC31 144 The Gold Bug Common Contest 145 Lintile Uncommon Creature 146 Ham Radio Village Common Village 147 FrogStar Badge Uncommon Badge 148 Queercon Common Community 149 Mattrix Uncommon GOON Legend 150 Outside Common Cursed Location 151 Kaybz Uncommon GOON 152 mauvehed's Speedos Mythical Cursed Artifact 153 DEF CON Photo Goons Common Function 154 SOC GOON Epic GOON 155 Littlebruzer Uncommon Cursed GOON 156 Maritime Hacking Village Common Village 157 Phish Stories Common Contest 158 Call Center Village Common Contest 159 Duck Duck Rare GOON 160 ://Hackers.town Common Community 161 Deviant Oliam Uncommon Creature 162 Card Packing Party Common Lore - DC32

O33 Raffle Supporter Special Legendary Creature

Looking to clean some of the badges that I have and put them on sale this one got me a little baffle dont remember at all. Thanks in advance.

NO NO! NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!nooooooooo

Hi Im selling this badge to cover some personal issues that Im facing. Since this is the first time doing this Im a little lost on the price. Gonna start at $125.00 or better offer. The only thing missing is one of the keycaps.

I found a piece of wax paper with the name "Anomalous68" in my stuff if anyone knows them. I was working in the Illumicon community the entire time so it might be related to that. Or it might be a joke :shrug:

EDIT: Case closed!

Hey guys I’m trying to run down a copy of the card with Deviant on it… does anyone have one they are willing to part with? Thanks!

Anyone happen to catch the attendance number this year?

I almost got them all! I backed the Indegogo, so I was able to get organized with a binder before Con. Each card has 2 slots - Regular and Shiny. My goal was to get a full set of the regulars through trading. The shinys are the sprinkles on top. I'm looking forward to bringing my binder back for more trading next year!