Lurking Beneath The Internet A brief description to what is the Darknet/Invisible Web Quiz 2 for Ecommer K32

1. The
Darknet/Invisible
Web is the hidden
underbelly, home to
both rogues, political
activists, and those
who want to be
anonymous. It is

2. It’s a secretive place, where
people can talk about
anything and everything, a
place where being anonymous
thrives, a place where people
believe that is for the freedom
of speech. It is also a
dangerous place, where a lot
of illicit, underground, black
market transactions occur.

3. They lurk in the
blind spots of search
engines. It's a
lawless zone,
it’s not a place most
people visit nor
should they. It
sounds like a murky,
inaccessible
underworld but the
reality is that it's
right there, a click
away, at the end of
your mouse.

4. To access the Dark Net you need to have
access to the regular internet and connect
to the Tor network. Tor is a network of
virtual tunnels which allows people to
improve their privacy and security on the
Internet.

5. The Darknet strives on privacy and being
anonymous. Part of the promise of recent
digital and social innovations has been
the new ability of businesses to learn tons
of valuable and insightful information
about their current and potential
customers. The loss or compromise of that
data could undermine recent marketing
progress.

6. Businesses will have to confront a potentially
darker Internet, with a block to data-driven
marketing with an increase in being
anonymous. There will be real consequences,
including in investments in marketing, if it
becomes more difficult to quantify customer
engagement. Imagine if e-commerce site
where all the profiles are anonymous, all
payments utilize cryptic currencies, and all
deliveries of physical goods use inexpensive,
multi-hop services that conceal the end
delivery address.

7. There is mounting pressure from elected
officials to do something about the
Darknet. The problem facing anyone
trying to block illegal dealings is that it
doesn't happen on the public internet.
Online criminals know what they're doing
is illegal, and they'll take complex
precautions to hide their locations and the
services. This gives the government a
hard time to stop these illegal actions.

8. The future is uncertain. The tool used by
oppressed people across the globe is also
the tool used for illegal and heinous
actions, so will this still thrive for the
good of freedom of speech and privacy?