What happens on the dark web? How do you access it, what's on it and is it a safe place to visit? If you've ever wondered... find out here....

1. by Ryan F Perez August 7, 2019, 6:47 am August 7,
2019
What Happens on The Dark Web?
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The Dark Web, also known as the Deep Web or Darknet, is a place unfamiliar to most
people. A place mostly unheard of, yet it is gaining in popularity in the media. What is
this vast array of networks? After reading this article, you’ll have a general idea of what
happens in this mysterious plane of the Internet.
he first thing you should know is that despite its reputation for being a hub designed to
accommodate only criminals, the Dark Web is also used for global anonymity. As a
matter of fact, this is its main purpose. The name “Dark Web” is simply a title the media
gave to the section of the Internet that can’t be reached by ordinary means. Yes, there
are many illegal activities that happen on the Dark Web, but even more of the Deep
Web’s activity is completely legal. For example, an investigative journalist may find out
something completely horrifying about his country’s government. The reporter would in
most cases want to spread the word, but how would he do so with minimal risk of being
caught?
The answer is the Dark Web. All throughout the Dark Web are writings that have
uncovered secret government plots that would have otherwise been disastrous.
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2. Now, earlier it was mentioned that illegal things happen on the Dark Net. It is a very scary
thought to have in mind that anyone and everyone, who choose to, have access to illegal
drugs, guns, organs (which aren’t very common), and even hitmen. A lot of today’s
international drug trade happens on things known as Darknet Marketplaces. They are
the most commonly bought thing on these sites. And under drugs, there are fraud
materials, such as stolen credit card information, bank drops, driver’s licenses, and even
passports. The third most popular category is that of weapons. There are guns of every
variety for sale among Darknet Markets, and they can usually be bought for a fairly
decent price.
And there are “specialty sites”, where people of all different natures go to satiate their
internet-related cravings. Some of these sites are harmless, while others are completely
deranged and sickening to the average person. These kinds of websites can include
anything from ways to commit the most heinous and terrorism. Definitely not for the
faint-hearted and other to satisfy a morbid curiosity we can think a reason why the
average person would want to visit them, but obviously people do.
While not being a major player in a business sense, specialty sites are some of the
scariest and disturbing. If you’re looking for something of weird nature, you can rely on
one of these sites to give you that inside feeling of “Well, WTF that’s different”.
But there is some light in an otherwise dark place and not all the websites on there doing
something illegal or diabolical. You can find full transcripts of rare books, news on
politics, anonymously comment on current events and there are (of course) several wiki
leak type sites, which a lot of journalists will monitor looking for the next big story. And
there is even a dark web version of FaceBook.
Also and by its very nature, it makes it a place for intelligence gathering by some law
enforcement agencies. they can keep an eye on things and an ear to the ground that just
might give them the information they need to prevent something truly terrible from
happening. And of course, from a cybersecurity point of view, digital security experts can
often keep track of hackers and identify what they are targeting. So for keeping us safe,
preventing terrorism and other crimes as well as stopping hackers from shutting the
world down, you could argue that the dark web is a good place to go.
So and if you’re interested, how do you get on the dark web?
To access it you’ll need a different browser, one that makes you anonymous, it’s called
Tor or the Tor network. The way it works is to route your access through a whole string of
proxy servers that are run by thousands of dark web volunteers. This makes the IP
address of the computer you’re using virtually impossible to trace, giving you anonymity
as you enter the dark web.
The downside to all this re-routing is that it can make your dark web experience
unpredictable, clunky and damn slow. But if you’re happy to put up with that then you
will be pulling back the curtain on human anti-culture. It will give you a view on the dark
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3. side of human experience.
You can download the Tor browser for free: https://torproject.org
The web address used by websites on the dark web have a different ending to the ones
you’re going to be used to. They don’t end with .com or .net, or .org, most of them will
end with .onion. This web address suffix is a “special use top-level domain suffix designating
an anonymous service reachable via the Tor network” – Wikipedia. They’ll often scramble
the names of the websites into something completely unintelligible making them
virtually impossible to remember, which adds another layer of anonymity.
But when you do finally get to view them they look, for the most part, just like any other
website you’d see on Chrome, or internet explorer. I say for the most part because most
of the sites are set up by scammers who are just looking for an opportunity to crack into
your life and steal your identity – you have been warned!
In essence, the dark web could give you access to information, potentially classified
information, that you wouldn’t find on Google. It is a place for the, shall we say, less than
upstanding citizens and a place for the curious. And you do decide to venture over to the
dark side, just don’t buy anything.
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