![]() Another recent study found that 87% of Dark Web sites don’t link to any other sites. They found 29,532 websites however, 54% of them disappeared during the course of their research. That said, Intelliagg and Darksum recently attempted to map out the Tor-based Dark Web by using a script to crawl reachable sites. onion sites are only up temporarily, so determining the true size of the Dark Web is nearly impossible. In countries with restrictive internet surveillance, the Dark Web may be the only place to safely voice criticisms against government and other powerful entities. The Dark Web is full of criminal activity, but it’s also place where dissidents and whistle-blowers can anonymously share information. Personal information, drugs, weapons, malware, DDoS attacks, hacking services, fake accounts for social media, and contract killing services are all available for sale. The rules, or rather a lack thereof, is what makes the Dark Web unique.Īnything that is illegal to sell (or discuss) on the Surface Web is available in the Dark Web. ![]() 8chan, nntpchan), places you can buy things (e.g. The concept of the Dark Web isn’t vastly different from the Surface Web. A conventional equivalent would be moving funds through banks located in countries with strict bank-secrecy laws (e.g. Tumblers are used as an extra step to ensure privacy. Below is a common transaction flow on the Dark Web. People making purchases in Dark Web markets are (understandably) concerned with privacy, so they often use a series of methods to transfer funds. Since anonymity is sacrosanct in the deep reaches of the Internet, transactions are typically conducted using cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin or Ethereum. This allowed the Dark Web to grow as people could anonymously access websites. In 2004, Tor was released as an open source software. Tor directs internet traffic through complex layers of relays to conceal a user’s location and identity (hence the onion analogy). Tor, which stands for “The Onion Router”, is how the majority of people anonymously access the Dark Web. To reach beyond this layer of the internet, users need to use Tor or a similar technology. It contains medical records, government documents, and other, mostly innocuous information that is password protected, encrypted, or simply not hyperlinked. Basically, this is the layer of the internet that is quasi-accessible and not indexed by search engines. The next layer down, we encounter the largest portion on the internet – the Deep Web. Believe it or not, this familiar part of the web only comprises less than 10% of the total data on the internet. Websites in this layer tend to be indexed by search engines and can be easily accessed using standard browsers. The internet most people are familiar with is called the Surface Web. Much like the ocean, the internet is divided into defined layers. ![]() Today’s infographic, from Cartwright King Solicitors, cuts through the mystique and provides an entertaining and practical overview of the Deep Web and the Dark Web. One imagines a place where the dark side of human nature flourishes away from the eyes – and laws – of society at large. It conjures up images of hitmen, illegal drugs, and pedophilia. ![]()
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