Do you ever go a day without internet access? If you don’t, you should know that the websites you visit are just a small area of the Internet world and that there is also a ‘dark’ side of the web, which is known as the ‘dark web’. .
Very few people know that a lot of things happen on the ‘Dark Web’ on a daily basis and its development in recent times is something that we should know.
What is dark web?
The Internet has seen many developments since its inception and the dark web, which is made up of hidden sites, is also a part of that development. Sites on the dark web work by using encryption software that prevents unauthorized access to digital information.
In simple words, this encryption software lets dark web users to remain anonymous and hide their locations. This will now give you a clue why Dark web is known to be home to many illegal and criminal activities,
How to Access Dark Web?
An Internet user can only access the dark web with the help of search engines specially designed to locate these hidden sites and cannot access it through standard web browsers such as Google Chrome, Yahoo and Mozilla Firefox. can go.
The dark web uses ‘The Onion Router’ (TOR), a hidden service protocol, and creates a Virtual Private Network (VPN). ‘TOR’ servers are not detectable by search engines and allow users to remain anonymous.
While website addresses on the Surface Web, the part of the Web that most people use, end with .com, .in, .org or .gov, dark web addresses end with .onion.
What is available on the dark web?
It is said that “technology is a useful servant, but a dangerous master” and this is true in the context of today’s internet usage. While food, clothes, medicines, books and many other such things are easily available on Surface Web, Dark Web is used to nab illegal drugs, firearms. Credit and debit card numberschild pornography, and among other things.
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According to a 2016 report by Daniel Moore and Thomas Rid, researchers at King’s College in London, dark web sites are most commonly used for crime. They looked at 5,205 live websites, some 1,547 of which hosted illegal content.
Since the dark web is a part of the internet that is beyond the reach of search engines, visitors to this black market mainly pay using cryptocurrencies like bitcoin to remain anonymous.
Is it illegal to access the dark web?
Surfing the dark web won’t get you jailed, but buying illegal drugs, firearms, or downloading child pornography is prohibited by law.
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