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'''StankDawg''' is the pseudonym of '''David Blake''' (b. 1971), the founder of the hacking group ] (DDP). He is best known as the founding host and producer of the long-running weekly radio program '']'' and the video show called ''DDP ]''.
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'''David Blake''' (born 1971), also known as '''StankDawg''', is the founder of the hacking group ] (DDP) and a long-time member of the hacking community. He is known for being a regular presenter at multiple ], but 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.
= Biography =


== History == ==Biography==
Blake was born in ], ] on September 13, 1971. He received an AAS (Associates in Applied Sciences) degree from the ] 1992, and has a BS in Computer Science from ] as well as a ] certificate. He presently lives and works as a computer programmer/analyst in ].<ref name=Biography1>{{cite web
|url = http://www.stankdawg.com/content/view/22/40/
|title = Who is StankDawg?
|date = December 11, 2004
|access-date = 2007-12-09
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080110044549/http://www.stankdawg.com/content/view/22/40/
|archive-date = 2008-01-10
|url-status = dead
}}</ref> Blake is a member of the ].<ref name=HighIQSociety1>{{cite web
|url = https://www.ihiqs.org/profile/David+Blake
|title = StankDawg's High IQ Society member page
|year = 2007
}}{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>


==Hacking==
David was born in ], ] on ], ], the oldest of three children. His father was an engineer, and his mother was a secretary and homemaker. His family moved around quite a bit, and he grew up all over the South on a mix of farms and suburbs in such states as ], ], ], ], and ]. Over the course of four years, he went to four different high schools in three different states, finally graduating from ] in ] in 1989. He then moved on to the ], where he received an AAS (Associates in Applied Sciences) degree in 1992, and eventually graduated from ] with a BS degree in CS (Bachelors in Science:]). He also took some part-time classes at the ] in between the two. He began working in the computer industry immediately out of high school in the late 1980s and has worked as a senior level programmer/analyst for various companies and large universities. He has his CEH (]) Certification and has been a guest instructor for a ] Company in ].
StankDawg is a staff writer for the well-known hacker periodical '']'', as well as the now-defunct '']'' magazine. He has also been a contributing writer to several independent zines such as ''Outbreak'', ''Frequency'', and ''Radical Future''.<ref name="Biography1"/> 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 (])''.


He has presented at technology conferences such as ],<ref name=DC13a>{{cite web
== Current ==
| url = http://www.defcon.org/html/defcon-13/dc13-speakers.html
| title = Defcon 13 speakers list.
| date = August 18, 2005
| access-date = December 9, 2007
| archive-date = June 30, 2005
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20050630023220/http://www.defcon.org/html/defcon-13/dc13-speakers.html
| url-status = dead
}}</ref> ],<ref name=HOPE5>{{cite web
| url = http://www.the-fifth-hope.org/hoop/5hope_speakers.khtml
| title = The fifth HOPE speakers
|date=July 2004
}}</ref><ref name=HOPE6>{{cite web
| url = http://www.hopenumbersix.net/speakers.html
| title = HOPE number 6 speakers
|date=July 2006
}}</ref> and Interz0ne.<ref name=IZ4>{{cite web
| url = http://www.interz0ne.com/iz4/speakers.php
| title = Interz0ne 4 speakers
| year = 2004
}}</ref><ref name=IZ5>{{cite web
| url = http://www.interz0ne.com/iz5/speakers.php
| title = Interz0ne 5 speakers
| year = 2005
}}</ref> David has been very outspoken about many topics, many of which have gotten some negative feedback from different sources. His most controversial article was entitled "Hacking google Adwords" at DefCon13 which drew criticism from such people as ].<ref name=adwords1>{{cite web
| url = http://www.calacanis.com/2005/07/30/hacking-google-adwords-defcon-panel-recap/
| title = Hacking Google Adwords - Defcon Panel recap
| date= July 30, 2005
}}</ref> among others. His presentation at the fifth H.O.P.E. conference drew some surprise from the AS/400 community.<ref name=AS4001>{{cite web
|url = http://www.itjungle.com/breaking/bn071204-story01.html
|title = Dubious Achievement: iSeries Gets Some Attention From Hackers
|date = July 2004
|access-date = 2006-03-29
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060318150431/http://www.itjungle.com/breaking/bn071204-story01.html
|archive-date = 2006-03-18
|url-status = dead
}}</ref>


StankDawg appeared as a subject on the television show ] on ] where he demonstrated the vulnerabilities of wireless internet connections.<ref name=AnimalPlanet1>{{cite web
StankDawg presently lives and works as a computer programmer/analyst in ] and travels all over the United States for both business and pleasure.
| url = http://www.tv.com/the-most-extreme/super-sharks/episode/620506/summary.html
| title = February 15, 2005 episode of The Most Extreme credited as "StankDawg"
| date= February 15, 2005
}}</ref>


Blake chose the handle "StankDawg" in college, where he started a local hacking group which became known as the "]".<ref name=Biography2>{{cite web
= Hacking =
|url = http://www.stankdawg.com/content/view/61/40/
|title = Who is StankDawg?
|date = January 28, 2005
|access-date = 2007-12-09
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071211145803/http://www.stankdawg.com/content/view/61/40/
|archive-date = 2007-12-11
|url-status = dead
}}</ref>


==Digital DawgPound==
David chose the handle "StankDawg" in college, where he started a local hacking group which became known as the "]". He frequently participated in hacker subculture ] groups and ] chats, but reportedly found himself getting annoyed with the politics, in-fighting, "]", and lack of supportive atmosphere, so decided to found his own website, http://www.stankdawg.com, as a repository for his articles and personal message forums for those people who wanted a haven to learn and grow.
{{Main|Digital DawgPound}}


The '''Digital DawgPound''' (more commonly referred to as the "DDP") is a group of ], best known for a series of articles in hacker magazines such as '']'' and ], the long-running webcast ], and a very active set of forums with posts from high-profile hackers {{Citation needed|date=July 2009}} such as ], decoder, ] and many more. The stated mission of the DDP is to propagate a more positive image of hackers than the negative ] stereotype. The group welcomes new members who want to learn about hacking, and attempts to teach them more positive aspects and steer them away from the negative aspects by reinforcing the ]. Their goal is to show that hackers can, and regularly do, make positive contributions not only to technology, but to society as a whole.<ref name=hackercontroversy1>
== Writing ==
{{cite web
StankDawg is a staff writer for well-known hacker periodicals such as '']'', and '']'' magazine. He has also been a contributing writer to several independent zines such as '']'', '']'', and '']''. He is also creator and editor of '']''. He has been a frequent co-host of '']'' and was a regular on '']'', and has appeared on '']'', '']'', '']'', and '']''.
|url = http://www.stankdawg.com/content/view/25/40/
|title = Why Hack?
|date = 2004-12-23
|author = StankDawg
|url-status = dead
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070704015429/http://www.stankdawg.com/content/view/25/40/
|archive-date = 2007-07-04
}}</ref>


== Media == ===History===
The DDP was founded and named by StankDawg. His stated reasons were that he had made many friends in the hacking scene and thought that it would be useful to have everyone begin working together in a more organized fashion. He was motivated by the fact that there had been other well-known ] in the 1980s who had accomplished great things in the hacking world such as the ] and the ]. In 1988, while a junior in high school, StankDawg came up with the name on his way to the "Sweet 16" computer programming competition. He jokingly referred to his teammates as "The Digital Dawgpound".
In addition to making appearances on radio shows, StankDawg has given presentations at technology conferences such as ], ], and ], and gives several volunteer ]s, presentations, or Q/A sessions to private corporations. He has appeared in a ] segment on an episode of '']'' which aired on ] and has done many television interviews for local news channels in the state of ], usually on the subjects of hacking and cyber-culture.


StankDawg lurked in the shadows of the hacking world for many years throughout college under many different ]s. In 1997 he popped his head out into the public and began becoming more active on ] and many smaller hacking forums. He saw some people who he thought were insanely brilliant individuals who seemed to have the same mindset and positive attitude towards hacking that he did so he decided to approach a couple of them to see if anyone would be interested in forming a group and working together. There was always a huge emphasis not only on technical competence and variety, but also on strength of character and integrity. The team was a mix of ], ]s, ], ], and ]s. They had experience in multiple ]s and ]s. DDP members are not only good programmers and hackers, but more importantly, good people. By 1999 the DDP had its first official members and from this partnership, creativity flowed.
== Binary Revolution ==


The DDP communicated and worked together on StankDawg's personal site, which was open to anyone who wanted to join in on the fun. StankDawg was never comfortable with the fact that it was his name that was on the domain and that many people who were coming to the site were coming because of his articles or presentations but not really appreciating all of the other great contributions from other community members that were around. In 2002, after watching the web site grow quickly, it was decided that a new community needed to be created for these like-minded hackers who were gathering. This was the start of the biggest DDP project called ] which was an attempt at starting a true "community" of hackers. As the site grew, so did the DDP roster.
In 2003, wanting to continue a "revolution of hacking", StankDawg moved the forums from his personal site over to a new site as part of a movement called the ]. Along with the forums, he launched a new radio show called ], presenting shows each week on different aspects of hacker culture, usually with a different co-host each episode. Shortly afterwards, he released a video show entitled "]" which was the first internet television show about hacking, which has grown into a series of several different shows and spawned several online videos in the same vein. The video show addressed topics that were similar to the radio show but with the benefit of a visual medium. He solo produced both shows in the beginning, and they proved popular, routinely bringing thousands of downloads, and inspiring over a dozen other cyberculture and "Hacker Media" shows and podcasts. Many people now contribute to the shows. As of 2006, the Binary Revolution site gets well over 8000 unique visitors per day.


===Members===
In the summer of 2005, StankDawg took a one-year sabbatical from day-to-day administration of all things DDP-related. This included the popular binrev.com suite of sites including the radio show, TV show, message forums, and other projects. His cited reasons were personal issues, as well as claiming a general lack of enthusiasm and support from the hacking community about his projects. When taking his sabbatical, StankDawg turned over the reins of ] to ] and ] for season three, though StankDawg returned to the show for season 4 starting in the summer of ] and currently alternates the hosting duties with other members of the ].
Over the years, DDP membership has included several staff writers for '']'' and ''Blacklisted! 411'' magazine including StankDawg and bland_inquisitor. They frequently publish articles, provide content, and appear on many media sources across the global ]. DDP members are also regular speakers at hacking conferences such as ], ], Interzone, ], and many more smaller and more regional cons.


Some DDP members hold memberships in ] and the ].<ref name="HighIQSociety1"/> StankDawg is very proud of the diversity of the team and has spoken to this many times on Binary Revolution Radio. Members are from both coasts of the United States to Europe and have even had members from Jamaica, Brazil, and many other countries.
= Resources =


== Writing == ===Recognition===
The DDP maintains a blog "which they refer to as a "blawg" (Obviously a play on the intentionally misspelled word "Dawg"). Posts by DDP members have been featured on other technology-related sites such as those of ],<ref name=MakeMag1>
=== Printed ===
{{cite magazine
* "The Art of Electronic Deduction", Winter 2005, '']''
|url = http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2007/04/how_to_rfid_enable_your_f.html
|title = HOW TO - RFID Enable your front door (with a Parallax BASIC Stamp & 13.5 MHz APSX RW-210)
|date = 2007-04-06
|author = Phillip Torrone
|magazine = ]
|url-status = dead
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070601221215/http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2007/04/how_to_rfid_enable_your_f.html
|archive-date = 2007-06-01
}}</ref><ref name=MakeMag2>{{cite magazine
|url = http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2005/06/apples_podcasti.html
|title = Apple's Podcasting iTunes 4.9 is out!
|date = 2005-06-25
|author = Phillip Torrone
|magazine = Make Magazine
|url-status = dead
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070928053614/http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2005/06/apples_podcasti.html
|archive-date = 2007-09-28
}}</ref>
HackADay,<ref name=Hackaday1>
{{cite web
| url = http://www.hackaday.com/2006/07/02/using-radiosondes-as-cheap-gps-trackers/
| title = Using Radiosondes as cheap GPS trackers
| date= 2006-03-27
| author = Eliot Phillips
| publisher = hackaday.com
}}</ref><ref name=Hackaday2>
{{cite web
| url = http://www.hackaday.com/2006/03/27/email-on-the-cisco-7960/
| title = Email on the Cisco 7960
| date= 2006-07-02
| author = Eliot Phillips
| publisher = hackaday.com
|accessdate=2007-07-08
}}</ref>
Hacked Gadgets,<ref name=HackedGadgets1>
{{cite web
| url = http://hackedgadgets.com/2006/09/18/rfid-front-door-lock/
| title = RFID Front Door Lock
| date= 2006-09-18
| author = Alan Parekh
| publisher = hackedgadgets.com
|accessdate=2007-07-08
}}</ref><ref name=HackedGadgets2>
{{cite web
| url = http://hackedgadgets.com/2007/04/03/rfid-enabling-your-front-door-using-a-parallax-microcontroller/
| title = RFID Enabling Your Front Door using a Parallax Microcontroller
| date= 2007-04-03
| author = Alan Parekh
| publisher = hackedgadgets.com
|accessdate=2007-07-08
}}</ref> and others.

==Binary Revolution==
In 2003, StankDawg moved the forums from his personal site over to a new site as part of a project called the ] which he considered a "movement" towards a more positive hacking community.<ref name=BinRev1>{{cite web
|url = http://www.stankdawg.com/content/view/60/40/
|title = Why did you start BinRev?
|date = January 28, 2005
|access-date = 2007-12-09
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071211145730/http://www.stankdawg.com/content/view/60/40/
|archive-date = 2007-12-11
|url-status = dead
}}</ref>

This "Binary Revolution" is the best known of the DDP projects and is commonly referred to simply as "BinRev". This project was created in an attempt to bring the hacking community back together, working towards a common, positive goal of reclaiming the name of hackers. The Binary Revolution emphasizes positive aspects of hacking and projects that help society. It does this in a variety of outlets including monthly meetings, the weekly radio show Binary Revolution Radio(BRR), a video-based series of shows called HackTV, and very active message board forums.

BinRev is more than just a radio show or forums, although they are certainly the most well-known of the projects. It is actually composed of many parts.

===Binary Revolution Radio===
Binary Revolution Radio, often shortened to "BRR", was one part of the binrev community. Started and hosted by Blake in 2003, it featured different co-hosts each week, and covered different aspects of ] and ].

It was broadcast via ], usually prerecorded in ] on a weekend, and then edited and released on the following Tuesday, on the ] Hack Radio ] at 9:30pm ]. Topics included ], ], ], ], ], ] and ] software, ] and ], ], ], and information about various ] such as ], ], ], and ].

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 ] (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.

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. For the first episode of the fourth season, BRR had its first ever broadcast in front of live audience during the HOPE 6 convention in New York City, June 2006.<ref></ref>

The final episode, #200, took place on October 30, 2007, with a marathon episode which clocked in at 7 hours and 12 minutes.

==== Notable co-hosts ====
*] (as "Decius")
*]
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===BinRev Meetings===
As the forums grew there were many posts where people were looking for others in their area where other hacker meetings did not exist or were not approachable for some reason. Those places that did have meetings were sparse on information. Binary Revolution meetings were started as an answer to these problems and as a place for our forum members to get together. BinRev meetings offer free web hosting for all meetings to help organize the meetings and keep communications alive and to help projects to grow. Some meetings are in large cities like Chicago and Orlando while others are in small towns. Anyone can start their own BinRev meeting by asking in the BinRev forums.

===BinRev.net===
"BRnet" is the official ] of Binary Revolution. It is active at all hours of the day and contains a general #binrev channel but also contains many other channels for more specific and productive discussion.

===HackTV===
In the middle of 2003, he released an Internet video show entitled "HackTV" which was the first internet television show about hacking, and which has grown into a series of several different shows.<ref name=HackTV1>{{cite web
|url = http://www.hacktv.org/
|title = Hack TV - Pilot Episode - 08.17.03
|date = August 17, 2003
|url-status = dead
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080123114426/http://www.hacktv.org/
|archive-date = January 23, 2008
}}</ref> They were released irregularly since most of the episodes were filmed by StankDawg in South Florida where he lived at the time. They wanted the show to appear professional in terms of quality, but this made cooperating over the internet difficult. Sharing large video files was difficult and encoded video caused editing problems and quality concerns. The original show was released as full-length 30 minute episodes. This was also a problem since it because more and more difficult to get enough material for full-length episodes. There was also some content that was related to hacking only on a fringe level and StankDawg did not feel it was appropriate to include in the show. This led to other ideas.

====HackTV:Underground====
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 focused more on content and ease of participation. This series was titled "HackTV:Underground" or "HTV:U" for short. This series allowed anyone to contribute content in any format and at any length or video quality. The allowed people to film things with basic cameraphone quality video if this was the only way to get the content. One episode of HackTV:U was used by ] show called "]".<ref name=HackTVonTechTV1>{{cite web
| url = http://www.g4techtv.ca/torrent/episode/0006/index.shtml?0006
| title = Episode 6 - May 18, 2006
| date= May 18, 2006
| author = Amber MacArthur
}}</ref>

====HackTV:Pwned====
This series of HackTV was a prank style show, similar to the popular "]" show on ] at the time. Even the logo is an obvious parody of the Punk'd logo. This series contains pranks that mostly took place at conferences, but is also open to ] and other light-hearted content.

===DocDroppers===
The DocDroppers project is a community project to create a centralized place to store hacking articles and information while still maintaining some formatting and readability. Old ascii text files existed scattered across the internet but they come and go quickly and are difficult to find. They are usually formatted with the very basics and sometimes difficult to read. DocDroppers allows users to submit articles to a centralized place where they can be searchable, easily maintained, and easy to read and reference.

Recently, this project has grown to include encyclopedia style entries on many hacking topics after many were deleted from sites such as Misplaced Pages. This has caused DocDroppers to include a section on hacker history and culture among its content.

==Selected writing==
* "Stupid Webstats Tricks", Autumn 2005, '']'' * "Stupid Webstats Tricks", Autumn 2005, '']''
* "Hacking Google AdWords", Summer 2005, '']'' * "Hacking Google AdWords", Summer 2005, '']''
* "Disposable Email Vulnerabilities", Spring 2005, '']'' * "Disposable Email Vulnerabilities", Spring 2005, '']''
* "0wning Universal Studios Florida", Fall 2004, '']''
* "How to Hack The Lottery", Fall 2004, '']'' * "How to Hack The Lottery", Fall 2004, '']''
* "Robots and Spiders", Winter 2003, '']'' * "Robots and Spiders", Winter 2003, '']''
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* "Batch vs. Interactive", Summer 1999, '']'' * "Batch vs. Interactive", Summer 1999, '']''


==Selected presentations==
=== Online ===
* "The Art of Electronic Deduction", July 2006, ''] Number Six'' (presented again at ''Interz0ne 5'', Saturday March 11, 2006)

* "Hackers Insomnia", October 2004, ''] zine''
* "Fun with the dnL flipit chatbot", December 2003, ''] zine issue #14''
* "Inside Circuit City", December 2003, ''] zine issue #14'' (co-authored with bios)
* "Scanning GO.MSN.COM", Winter 2003, ''] zine Issue #5''
* "DMCA vs googlefight.com", December 2002, ''] zine issue #12''
* "Basic Directory Transversal", November 2002, ''] zine issue #11''
* "Hacking Movies", Winter 2002, ''] zine Issue #3''
* "AIM Transcript (Campaign For Freedom)", Winter 2002, ''] zine Issue #3''

== Presentations ==

* "Binary Revolution Radio - Season 4 live!", July 2006, ''] Number Six''
* "The Art of Electronic Deduction", March 2006, ''] 5'' and July 2006, ''] Number Six''
* "Hacking Google AdWords", July 2005, ''] 13'' * "Hacking Google AdWords", July 2005, ''] 13''
* "Hacker Radio", July 2004, ''The fifth ]'' (guest panelist)
* "AS/400: Lifting the veil of obscurity", July 2004, ''The fifth ]'' * "AS/400: Lifting the veil of obscurity", July 2004, ''The fifth ]''
* "Disposable Email vulnerabilities", March 2004, ''] 4''


== References == ==Projects==
Projects that StankDawg was directly involved in creating/maintaining in addition to the ones mentioned above.
* , ''Technology Decisions'', November, 2004
* - A streaming radio station with a schedule of hacking and tech related shows.
* , ''IT Jungle'', July 2004
* - The printed hacking magazine put out by the DDP.
* ''Super Sharks'', February 15, 2005 episode of "]", on ] (credited as Stank Dawg)
* - A calendar for all hacking conferences, events, meetings, or other related gatherings.
* , January 12, 2003, by Sasha Dyck. Includes quotes from Stankdawg, and cites some of his articles as sources
* - A portal for all hacking, phreaking, and other related media shows.
* {{PDFlink|}}, Fall 2002, by Blake Sherblom-Woodward
* {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070626223552/http://www.phreakphactor.net/ |date=2007-06-26 }} - The world's first Hacking reality radio show.
* , July 13, 2005
* - "Will Hack For Food" gives secure disposable temporary email accounts.

==References==
{{Reflist|2}}


== External links == ==External links==
Other links that were mentioned or referred to in this entry:
* , StankDawg's personal site.
* , official site of the DDP. * .
* - official site.
* - Binary Revolution official ] web site & - Official Binary Revolution ].
* - "Hacker Public Radio" is a daily hacking and technology radio show created by the DDP, infonomicon and others. It has many different hosts.
* - Archive of the hacking radio show presented by members of the DDP (07/2003-10/2007).
* {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060212210656/http://www.binrevmeetings.com/ |date=2006-02-12 }} - Monthly hacker meetings that encourage participation and offers free hosting for all meetings.
* - The Internet's first full-length regular Hacking video show.
* - Home of many phreaking related text files.
* - Weekly Radio show about Technology, Privacy and Freedom (02/2002 - 02/2004).


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David Blake
StankDawg at Def Con 14. (2006)
Born1971 (age 52–53)
Other namesStankDawg

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. He is known for being a regular presenter at multiple hacking conferences, but 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.

Biography

Blake was born in Newport News, Virginia on September 13, 1971. He received an AAS (Associates in Applied Sciences) degree from the University of Kentucky 1992, and has a BS in Computer Science from Florida Atlantic University as well as a CEH certificate. He presently lives and works as a computer programmer/analyst in Orlando, Florida. Blake is a member of the International High IQ society.

Hacking

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).

He has presented at technology conferences such as DEF CON, H.O.P.E., and Interz0ne. David has been very outspoken about many topics, many of which have gotten some negative feedback from different sources. His most controversial article was entitled "Hacking google Adwords" at DefCon13 which drew criticism from such people as Jason Calacanis. among others. 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 television show The Most Extreme on Animal Planet where he demonstrated the vulnerabilities of wireless internet connections.

Blake chose the handle "StankDawg" in college, where he started a local hacking group which became known as the "Digital DawgPound".

Digital DawgPound

Main article: 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 a very active set of 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 teach them more positive aspects and steer them away from the negative aspects by reinforcing the hacker ethic. Their goal is to show that hackers can, and regularly do, make positive contributions not only to technology, but to society as a whole.

History

The DDP was founded and named by StankDawg. His stated reasons were that he had made many friends in the hacking scene and thought that it would be useful to have everyone begin working together in a more organized fashion. He was motivated by the fact that there had been other well-known Hacker Groups in the 1980s who had accomplished great things in the hacking world such as the LoD and the MoD. In 1988, while a junior in high school, StankDawg came up with the name on his way to the "Sweet 16" computer programming competition. He jokingly referred to his teammates as "The Digital Dawgpound".

StankDawg lurked in the shadows of the hacking world for many years throughout college under many different pseudonyms. In 1997 he popped his head out into the public and began becoming more active on IRC and many smaller hacking forums. He saw some people who he thought were insanely brilliant individuals who seemed to have the same mindset and positive attitude towards hacking that he did so he decided to approach a couple of them to see if anyone would be interested in forming a group and working together. There was always a huge emphasis not only on technical competence and variety, but also on strength of character and integrity. The team was a mix of hackers, programmers, phone phreakers, security professionals, and artists. They had experience in multiple programming languages and operating systems. DDP members are not only good programmers and hackers, but more importantly, good people. By 1999 the DDP had its first official members and from this partnership, creativity flowed.

The DDP communicated and worked together on StankDawg's personal site, which was open to anyone who wanted to join in on the fun. StankDawg was never comfortable with the fact that it was his name that was on the domain and that many people who were coming to the site were coming because of his articles or presentations but not really appreciating all of the other great contributions from other community members that were around. In 2002, after watching the web site grow quickly, it was decided that a new community needed to be created for these like-minded hackers who were gathering. This was the start of the biggest DDP project called Binary Revolution which was an attempt at starting a true "community" of hackers. As the site grew, so did the DDP roster.

Members

Over the years, DDP membership has included several staff writers for 2600: The Hacker Quarterly and Blacklisted! 411 magazine including StankDawg and bland_inquisitor. They frequently publish articles, provide content, and appear on many media sources across the global Interweb. DDP members are also regular speakers at hacking conferences such as DEF CON, H.O.P.E., Interzone, Notacon, and many more smaller and more regional cons.

Some DDP members hold memberships in Mensa and the International High IQ society. StankDawg is very proud of the diversity of the team and has spoken to this many times on Binary Revolution Radio. Members are from both coasts of the United States to Europe and have even had members from Jamaica, Brazil, and many other countries.

Recognition

The DDP maintains a blog "which they refer to as a "blawg" (Obviously a play on the intentionally misspelled word "Dawg"). Posts by DDP members have been featured on other technology-related sites such as those of Make Magazine, HackADay, Hacked Gadgets, and others.

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.

This "Binary Revolution" is the best known of the DDP projects and is commonly referred to simply as "BinRev". This project was created in an attempt to bring the hacking community back together, working towards a common, positive goal of reclaiming the name of hackers. The Binary Revolution emphasizes positive aspects of hacking and projects that help society. It does this in a variety of outlets including monthly meetings, the weekly radio show Binary Revolution Radio(BRR), a video-based series of shows called HackTV, and very active message board forums.

BinRev is more than just a radio show or forums, although they are certainly the most well-known of the projects. It is actually composed of many parts.

Binary Revolution Radio

Binary Revolution Radio, often shortened to "BRR", was one part of the binrev community. Started and hosted by Blake in 2003, it featured different co-hosts each week, and covered different aspects of hacker culture and computer security.

It was broadcast via internet stream, usually prerecorded in Florida on a weekend, and then edited and released on the following Tuesday, on the DDP Hack Radio stream at 9:30pm EST. Topics included phreaking, identity theft, cryptography, operating systems, programming languages, free and open source software, Wi-Fi and bluetooth, social engineering, cyberculture, and information about various hacker conventions such as PhreakNIC, ShmooCon, H.O.P.E., and Def Con.

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.

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. For the first episode of the fourth season, BRR had its first ever broadcast in front of 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.

Notable co-hosts

BinRev Meetings

As the forums grew there were many posts where people were looking for others in their area where other hacker meetings did not exist or were not approachable for some reason. Those places that did have meetings were sparse on information. Binary Revolution meetings were started as an answer to these problems and as a place for our forum members to get together. BinRev meetings offer free web hosting for all meetings to help organize the meetings and keep communications alive and to help projects to grow. Some meetings are in large cities like Chicago and Orlando while others are in small towns. Anyone can start their own BinRev meeting by asking in the BinRev forums.

BinRev.net

"BRnet" is the official IRC network of Binary Revolution. It is active at all hours of the day and contains a general #binrev channel but also contains many other channels for more specific and productive discussion.

HackTV

In the middle of 2003, he released an Internet video show entitled "HackTV" which was the first internet television show about hacking, and which has grown into a series of several different shows. They were released irregularly since most of the episodes were filmed by StankDawg in South Florida where he lived at the time. They wanted the show to appear professional in terms of quality, but this made cooperating over the internet difficult. Sharing large video files was difficult and encoded video caused editing problems and quality concerns. The original show was released as full-length 30 minute episodes. This was also a problem since it because more and more difficult to get enough material for full-length episodes. There was also some content that was related to hacking only on a fringe level and StankDawg did not feel it was appropriate to include in the show. This led to other ideas.

HackTV:Underground

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 focused more on content and ease of participation. This series was titled "HackTV:Underground" or "HTV:U" for short. This series allowed anyone to contribute content in any format and at any length or video quality. The allowed people to film things with basic cameraphone quality video if this was the only way to get the content. One episode of HackTV:U was used by G4techTV show called "Torrent".

HackTV:Pwned

This series of HackTV was a prank style show, similar to the popular "Punk'd" show on MTV at the time. Even the logo is an obvious parody of the Punk'd logo. This series contains pranks that mostly took place at conferences, but is also open to social engineering and other light-hearted content.

DocDroppers

The DocDroppers project is a community project to create a centralized place to store hacking articles and information while still maintaining some formatting and readability. Old ascii text files existed scattered across the internet but they come and go quickly and are difficult to find. They are usually formatted with the very basics and sometimes difficult to read. DocDroppers allows users to submit articles to a centralized place where they can be searchable, easily maintained, and easy to read and reference.

Recently, this project has grown to include encyclopedia style entries on many hacking topics after many were deleted from sites such as Misplaced Pages. This has caused DocDroppers to include a section on hacker history and culture among its content.

Selected writing

Selected presentations

  • "The Art of Electronic Deduction", July 2006, H.O.P.E. Number Six (presented again at Interz0ne 5, Saturday March 11, 2006)
  • "Hacking Google AdWords", July 2005, DEF CON 13
  • "AS/400: Lifting the veil of obscurity", July 2004, The fifth H.O.P.E.

Projects

Projects that StankDawg was directly involved in creating/maintaining in addition to the ones mentioned above.

  • DDP HackRadio - A streaming radio station with a schedule of hacking and tech related shows.
  • Binary Revolution Magazine - The printed hacking magazine put out by the DDP.
  • Hacker Events - A calendar for all hacking conferences, events, meetings, or other related gatherings.
  • Hacker Media - A portal for all hacking, phreaking, and other related media shows.
  • Phreak Phactor Archived 2007-06-26 at the Wayback Machine - The world's first Hacking reality radio show.
  • WH4F - "Will Hack For Food" gives secure disposable temporary email accounts.

References

  1. ^ "Who is StankDawg?". December 11, 2004. Archived from the original on 2008-01-10. Retrieved 2007-12-09.
  2. ^ "StankDawg's High IQ Society member page". 2007.
  3. "Defcon 13 speakers list". August 18, 2005. Archived from the original on June 30, 2005. Retrieved December 9, 2007.
  4. "The fifth HOPE speakers". July 2004.
  5. "HOPE number 6 speakers". July 2006.
  6. "Interz0ne 4 speakers". 2004.
  7. "Interz0ne 5 speakers". 2005.
  8. "Hacking Google Adwords - Defcon Panel recap". July 30, 2005.
  9. "Dubious Achievement: iSeries Gets Some Attention From Hackers". July 2004. Archived from the original on 2006-03-18. Retrieved 2006-03-29.
  10. "February 15, 2005 episode of The Most Extreme credited as "StankDawg"". February 15, 2005.
  11. "Who is StankDawg?". January 28, 2005. Archived from the original on 2007-12-11. Retrieved 2007-12-09.
  12. StankDawg (2004-12-23). "Why Hack?". Archived from the original on 2007-07-04.
  13. Phillip Torrone (2007-04-06). "HOW TO - RFID Enable your front door (with a Parallax BASIC Stamp & 13.5 MHz APSX RW-210)". Make Magazine. Archived from the original on 2007-06-01.
  14. Phillip Torrone (2005-06-25). "Apple's Podcasting iTunes 4.9 is out!". Make Magazine. Archived from the original on 2007-09-28.
  15. Eliot Phillips (2006-03-27). "Using Radiosondes as cheap GPS trackers". hackaday.com.
  16. Eliot Phillips (2006-07-02). "Email on the Cisco 7960". hackaday.com. Retrieved 2007-07-08.
  17. Alan Parekh (2006-09-18). "RFID Front Door Lock". hackedgadgets.com. Retrieved 2007-07-08.
  18. Alan Parekh (2007-04-03). "RFID Enabling Your Front Door using a Parallax Microcontroller". hackedgadgets.com. Retrieved 2007-07-08.
  19. "Why did you start BinRev?". January 28, 2005. Archived from the original on 2007-12-11. Retrieved 2007-12-09.
  20. HOPE Number Six
  21. "Hack TV - Pilot Episode - 08.17.03". August 17, 2003. Archived from the original on January 23, 2008.
  22. Amber MacArthur (May 18, 2006). "Episode 6 - May 18, 2006".

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