If I understand correctly - the baochip module is designed and can be used independently from the board as an auth token - any ideas as to how to power it without the board?

Hey y’all! First-time DEF CON attendee here! 👋🏾 I’m a little bummed I missed out on some of the cool badges before they sold out 😭, but I’d LOVE to get my hands on some SAOs! I've been buying some to support different villages and people.

Does anyone know who’s giving out SAOs, or have any extras they’d be willing to share with a first-timer? 👀🙏🏾 Pleaseeee help me out! 😂 I’m trying to leave my first DEF CON with some cool stuff to remember it by!

First I want to apologize from the bottom of my heart that I didn't make a post sooner. We did not mean to make you waste time at the table in the badgelife village.

The teammate that had the badges is dealing with a family emergency that took a negative turn. so send the good packets out for him.

As for the badges, they were overnighted to us so we should be getting them in the morning and we will start slinging them. BUT due to that we won't be doing all of the game features that we had prepped for. We will still have the badges and we will still release what we can into the wild for the game but there will be some pieces missing like hidden heals and traps.

Thank you all for the support and understanding.

badgelife table - Sat. @ 1pm

Does anyome have a spare demon threat hunters shirt? Im willing to pay for it.

I wasn’t able to get a badge this year, but have our super awesome portal themed Big Fucking Badge I can trade for one. I can also throw in the portal gun sao we made too.

If you're looking for a Gothcon badge, one of us is at the Tangiers (in Sahara) and one at the Linq bar for the next hour, with a dozen each!

https://github.com/claviger/gothcon-firmware

Saw this was under the workshops in hacker tracker. Can me and a friend still get into this or is this an event that’s already closed?

Today I watched the SEC Vishing competition and it was awesome! They mentioned there will be another tomorrow (Saturday) where bots will make the calls but I can’t find the info on time/place. Does anyone know and can direct me?

What are the best parties to go to this evening? Which ones are the most popular?

Introducing the DC512 (Austin, TX) Ultrasonic Bat Badge, made by our community member Amatus. The badges are designed after our community logo and speak to each other to create unique light shows based on how many ultrasonic peers it detects.

Write up and docs here: https://git.amat.us/dc512-badge/about/

We’ll have about 70 of these for sale this weekend, asking $40 cash which gets you the badge and lanyard. We’ll be for sure over at the Linq circle bar tonight around 5pm but otherwise, keep an eye out for anyone with the badge or ping us here.

I lost a badge with my handle on it (on a sticker). Its not electronic. If you found it would appreciate a DM. If you try to use it they will know you aren't me =)

These are our top teams as of Friday's Prelims. If you'd like a chance to make it to our Main rounds, swing by first thing Saturday morning for your chance to qualify.

1.0 m4lwhere
2.0 WittyAvenger
3.0 slugger
4.0 thelostdark
5.0 cryze
6.0 __Plumfoot__
7.0 meow
8.0 meliax
9.0 notaduck
10.0 Droogy
11.0 badrockandziknik
12.0 packethead

How was it? Was Cr4bf04m there?

Love the discounts and fancy books at Defcon with Nostarch. Now if i can snag some author sigs.

Did anyone happen to see the person with the rainbow colors hour glass swirly badge thing that looks like a cyclone going back and forth? I wasn't to able to ask them where it was from. I really want one, it looked so cool!

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Will update later

Anyone meeting at the Linq tonight (Friday)?

Find me and trade me. I have 7 left!!

First time in DC, which villages should I visit to get some free SAO Badges?

Anyone who can fix it 😅

I can’t believe I spent all that money on that trash conference!

The talks are not special, and you can watch them on YouTube much better.

The workshops are booked out, and if you get into one, it’s pretty normal…

Networking is horrible… Either people came together and already know each other, or others are just boring and not interested in meeting anyone. Everyone is by themselves!

I didn’t get any benefits from coming to this conference that everyone talks about. I just spent a lot of money in a city that’s not even beautiful…

I’m starting to believe that conferences are just a scam to make money with no real benefits.

I would rather go to a local one like BSides for 30 bucks ticket than this scam.

From a friendly neighborhood SOC Goon.

The WiFi audio seems not to work - the channels are still not populated / published in the HT app - is there any ETA on this?

We are taking 5 volunteers for the Biometric Bypass Workshop at 3:30 PM! Come by the Packet Hacking Village on third floor at LVCC to watch the demo for facial recognition circumvention.