DEF CON's response to the badge controversy

Re:DEF CON's response to the badge controversy by kelnos on Sunday August 11, 2024 @12:33AM (#41214007)

From what I understand, the DEFCON badges are a fun thing they like to do every year. I don't see this as a problem; what is a problem is deciding to try to create something so complicated in under eight months. I get that it might be a heavy lift for them to start planning and engaging companies to work on the DEFCON '24 badge before DEFCON '23 had even happened, but this particular badge warrants a year-plus of lead time.

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Re:DEF CON's response to the badge controversy by tptacek on Sunday August 11, 2024 @02:13AM (#41214311)

If that's the case, a competent vendor should not have signed contracts committing themselves to deliver it.

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Re:DEF CON's response to the badge controversy by jhaand on Sunday August 11, 2024 @10:42AM (#41216513)

It could even be that EE was not the first engineering firm contacted by Defcon. But they were the ones that said yes to this product.

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