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The deep web or the dark net
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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Interesting topic to talk about if you ask me.
Anyone use it or used it?
I was browsing through tor earlier and find the place fascinating.
But can it surely be legit?  I mean come on...you can apparently but almost anything. I'd never try it but I'd be very interested to find out how they go about delivery or collection since everything is traded through bitcoin. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Heard of it.
Never ventured there though.
Thought it was highly illegal?"
As above...the dark web isn't illegal. It's the Internet that isn't indexed by conventional search engines.
The activities which go on through it though are quite questionable!
The main reason behind it is you aren't traced and your viewings aren't recorded.
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Marc used to use the dark web quite a bit for work. But he stopped using it ages ago because the very things you use to conceal your identity also leave you open to fascilitate some aweful behavior. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Know of someone that ordered some 'goods' from Silk Road.
Told me they used message encryption to contact vendors n the goods were delivered vacuum sealed in between two bits of card wrapped in carbon paper......the dodgy fucker!  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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All the dark web is, is any forum or message board or site that purposely cannot be found by for example a google search. So without a link or invite being sent to you, there is no chance of you finding it. This is not illegal but it is private.
What happens across those sites. . . .
Sinister as it sounds it's mainly geeks |
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By *entenTeaCouple
over a year ago
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While Tor might hide where you go. The fact that your using Tor can be seen. US legislators are pushing to make using Tor sufficent grounds for a search warrant.
Rule of thumb. Unless you have a clear legitimate reason for accessing the Dark Web, dont go there. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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The web is like an iceberg... What you can access through your browser is just a small fraction of what's on it. Accessing the deep Web isn't illegal, but accessing some of the content on there is. You can find most of the content on there through .Onion search engines and as soon as you access the deep Web through tor (.Onion sites) you're leaving yourself open to all kinds of security risks. I tend to stay away for obvious reasons |
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The "dark web".....
The best way to actually explain it is like this...
Think on the internet like the ocean, most people use the surface and just beneath it...
The dark web is just areas most tend not to visit..yes there are probably a lot of illegal sites and other bits down there that should be left well alone however its where you also find a lot of decent programmes for free and other bits.
Ultimately it comes down to how comfortable you are with using certain programs,firewall,anti virus, vpn and other bits to go deeper into the net.
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I've been on Tor and TBH, it's a pile of shite unless you're up to no good..
Why would anyone use it to just surf the web, it's slow and hard work..
Just my opinion, Harry |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"How do you access the dark web and what will I find there?"
The dark web makes it sound sinister...(a lot of it is) but it's the stuff not accessed through google and normal search engines.
You have to download a browser. Tor being the main one. As others have said, it is slow and a pain to navigate and the website look like "hl2su384ie7h4.onion" (totally made up web address before the mods ban me)
But if you're up to no good there's plenty on there.... |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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The dark web in theory is an incredibly good idea allowing people to exchange information completely anonymously - whistle blowers, people in brutal an oppressive regimes and subject to extreme censorship and the like.
Tor facilitates the browsing of the web anonymously and can bypass censorship - think North Korea or China etc.
Web sites specific to the dark web .onion sites, because of their anonymity naturally attract criminal activity and provide a means for individuals to make a lot of money selling drugs and other things ad well as providing a platform for all manner of other illegal content such as terrorist collaboration and, well I am not going to say.
There is nothing illegal about using Tor or browsing the dark web generally. As with the regular internet only what you view may be and computers may still have a history of what sites on the dark web were visited.
Using bitcoin for, say the buying of drugs, is ultimately traceable - there's a lot of shite about how to wash bitcoins to make them untraceable but it is a digital currency where every transaction is recorded in the bitcoin algorithm. While it may be extremely difficult right now to trace and identify it does not mean it will remain that way in be future. Law enforcement throughout he world are investing huge resources and clever people to crack identifying those involved in criminal activity on the dark web (including those buying illegal products or content). Since every transaction is recorded in the bitcoin algorithm that information will still be there when law enforcement eventually find their way.
To answer the OP, some will be legit and some will not be. I wouldn't. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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TOR is a con...
Created by the American navy to encode and scramble communications, it works by breaking up the message you send out mixing it up and sending bits through many different routes.
But that leaves a problem... if the only traffic on it is American navy chat, then the bits can be traced and reassembled.
So they positively encouraged lots of people to use it to make it secure again. but it's a pain, it's slower quite a lot slower than standard Internet, so most prefer not to use it.
So they encouraged criminal activity to hide on it, now it all falls apart at the end of the line where all the bits of data get funnelled through a single point. for the US Navy, that works just fine as the single point is under their control.
For most of us the single point is not your computer, but your Web service supplier... which the government can access if they wish.
It is only secure if nobody chooses to look!  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"A recent BBC investigation has suggested most things are sent through the post with minimum issues"
This, you can internally ship pretty much anything in the uk with zero issues.
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