Defcon's new badge is a security key you can see inside
A removable chip lets hackers inspect their badge—and keep using it after Defcon.
A removable chip lets hackers inspect their badge—and keep using it after Defcon.
The short version
- Each year’s badge creator endeavors to top previous designs and blow the minds of hard-to-impress hackers.
- But this year’s badges take a different tack.
- Instead of the badge designs being the star, it’s what is inside the hardware that will really stand out.
What happened
But the chip isn’t just part of the badge. Its core module can be removed and used after the conference as a hardware security token, giving the badge a second life beyond Defcon.
Why it matters
The chip—called the Baochip-1x—is a “mostly” open source microcontroller that has been three years in the making and fulfills Huang’s years-long dream of making a chip whose security is verifiable.
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