Defcon's new badge is a security key you can see inside

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Defcon黑客大会今年的徽章不再只是炫技的电子玩具，而是内置了一颗由知名硬件黑客bunnie Huang设计的开源芯片，直接挑战计算安全的核心问题。简单说，以往徽章重在拼设计、藏谜题，这次却把重点放在硬件内部——这颗芯片从底层公开所有细节，让任何人都能验证它有没有后门、有没有被动手脚。这就像你买的保险箱不仅自带钥匙，还附了一张透视图纸，能看清里面每一根锁簧的结构。过去消费者只能信任厂商说“我们很安全”，而这项技术意味着硬件可以被独立审查，透明度大幅提升。对普通人来说，以后用到的手机、电脑或智能设备，若采用类似设计，就能少一份“被窃听”“被植入后门”的担忧，尤其是涉及支付、隐私信息时，安全感会更强。虽然它不会一夜之间改变所有设备，但给整个行业立了一个新标杆：安全不是靠保密，而是靠公开验证。

It’s been a longtime feature of the annual Defcon hacker conference that attendees come away not only with knowledge of new software vulnerabilities and hacking techniques but also an elaborately designed conference badge—often electronic masterpieces embedded with intricate puzzles, complex crypto challenges, hidden Easter eggs, and even the mechanical gear trains of a watch. 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. This year, Defcon asked legendary hardware hacker Andrew “bunnie” Huang to create the badges—revealed here for the first time—and they include an innovative open source chip that Huang designed and that aims to do no less than advance the state of security, transparency, and trustworthiness in computing.Read full article Comments