David Blake (born 1971), also known as StankDawg, is the founder of the hacking group Digital DawgPound (DDP) and a long-time member of the hacking community. A regular presenter at multiple hacking conferences, he is best known as the creator of the "Binary Revolution" initiative, including being the founding host and producer of Binary Revolution Radio, a long-running weekly Internet radio show which ran 200 episodes from 2003 to 2007. He also founded a group called Digital DawgPound, whose members regularly published articles in hacking magazines such as 2600: The Hacker Quarterly. He also co-hosted the first episode of Hacker Public Radio, an initiative which is still active as of 2026.
StankDawg is a staff writer for the well-known hacker periodical 2600: The Hacker Quarterly, as well as the now-defunct Blacklisted! 411 magazine. He has also been a contributing writer to several independent zines such as Outbreak, Frequency, and Radical Future. He has been a frequent co-host of Default Radio and was a regular on Radio Freek America. Additionally, he has appeared on GAMERadio, Infonomicon, The MindWar, Phreak Phactor, and HPR (Hacker Public Radio).[citation needed]
He has presented at technology conferences such as DEF CON, H.O.P.E., and Interz0ne. His presentation "Hacking google Adwords" at Def Con 13 drew criticism from Jason Calacanis. His presentation at the fifth H.O.P.E. conference drew some surprise from the AS/400 community.
StankDawg appeared as a subject on the February 2005 television documentary "The Most Extreme" on Animal Planet where he demonstrated the vulnerabilities of wireless internet connections.[failed verification]
Digital DawgPound
The Digital DawgPound (more commonly referred to as the "DDP") is a group of hackers, best known for a series of articles in hacker magazines such as 2600: The Hacker Quarterly and Make; the long-running webcast Binary Revolution Radio, and forums with posts from high-profile hackers such as Strom Carlson, decoder, Phiber Optik and many more. The stated mission of the DDP is to propagate a more positive image of hackers than the negative mass media stereotype. The group welcomes new members who want to learn about hacking, and attempts to instill in them the hacker ethic. Their goal is to show that hackers can make positive contributions to technology and society as a whole.[failed verification]
DDP membership has included several staff writers for 2600: The Hacker Quarterly and Blacklisted! 411 magazine including StankDawg and bland_inquisitor. DDP members are also regular speakers at hacking conferences such as DEF CON, H.O.P.E., Interzone, and Notacon.[citation needed] Posts by DDP members have been featured on other technology-related sites such as Make Magazine,[failed verification] HackADay, and Hacked Gadgets. Some of StankDawg's writing was influential in the hacker scene, such as "The Art of Electronic Deduction".
Binary Revolution
In 2003, StankDawg moved the forums from his personal site over to a new site as part of a project called the Binary Revolution, which he considered a "movement" towards a more positive hacking community.
In July 2005 Blake announced that he was going to take a break, and so for the third season, the show was produced by Black Ratchet and Strom Carlson (who had been frequent co-hosts during Blake's run). During the time that they hosted the program, the format rotated between the standard prerecorded format, and a live format which included phone calls from listeners.[citation needed]
Blake returned to the show in May 2006. He maintained the prerecorded format, and brought more community input into the show, by bringing on more members of the Binary Revolution community.[citation needed] For the first episode of the fourth season, BRR had its first ever broadcast in front of a live audience during the HOPE 6 convention in New York City, June 2006. The final episode, #200, took place on October 30, 2007, with a marathon episode which clocked in at 7 hours and 12 minutes.[citation needed]
HackTV
In the middle of 2003, Blake released an Internet video show entitled "HackTV". In light of the difficulties of putting together the full HackTV original show, and in an attempt to make the show more accessible for community contributions, StankDawg launched a new series that was less focused on format and video quality, that instead focused more on content and ease of participation. This series was titled "HackTV:Underground" or "HTV:U" for short.[citation needed] One episode of HackTV:U was used by the G4techTV show called "Torrent".
Hacker Public Radio
After founding and expanding miscellaneous BinRev projects, StankDawg became an early host, contributor, and administrator for the newly renamed Hacker Public Radio, where with Enigma he co-hosted HPR#1 on December 31, 2007. HPR's archive credits him with 18 episodes across HPR and its predecessor, Today with a Techie, between 2007 and 2011.
Works by Digital DawgPound members
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Natas - "Backspoofing 101", Spring 2007, 2600 Magazine
Natas - "Ownage by AdSense", Fall 2006, 2600 Magazine
Black Ratchet - "Not Quite Dead Yet", Spring 2006, 2600 Magazine
