Topic: What is the dark web? - page 2. (Read 410 times)

Darkweb is a collection of websites that cannot operate on mainstream internet because of Government restrictions on the services they're offering.
So they operate on another protocol.
Think of this like Bitcoin and Bank.

Bank <--> Internet (Gov controlled)
Bitcoin <--> Darkweb (Out of Gov Control)

I know this was a bad comparison but it proves the point.

The dark web is where people can buy illegal drugs and firearms. It's also dotted with sites that specialize in illicit pornography, including child pornography. It's a part of the internet that you can't find with traditional search engines such as Google. Because it is hidden..

I don't understand what you mean. How can the dark web be more or less secure for your personal information?
It is your responsibility to protect your private information.

Is it safer? I'm afraid that Dark web will make us suffer risk using our details via internet.

but is there any chance that we will be safer?

When it comes to onion links, it is always better to use the tor browser. However, there are some ways to open onion links from other browsers than tor.

You can use "Onion search engine" chrome extensions to open .onion links from chrome.
You can also open onion links with Firefox without any external extensions:
https://toptechpal.com/how-to-open-onion-links-on-chrome/

I've visited there once or twice to feed my curiosity, not for any special purpose. It can be accessed by Tor Browser, it doesn't support the usual www sites so, I doubt if Chrome and normal browsers would be able to operate the forums in the dark Web. It is a part of the web, though not openly accessible like every other ones out here.

You can try the dark web by opening this http://wtj5psom5zufu4yo.onion forum. I even opened via Firefox and Chrome if using a VPN. But usually a TOR browser is used for this.
By the way, I often chat on forums on the darkweb.

Artemis is one of the best Poster that I have seen in this Forum , He is even once a Member of Our Long term Campaign not sure if Bitvest or 777coin but He is One great poster that deserves to be acknowledge .


I don't want to explain Further because @Artemis3 already completed the details about Dark Web lol.

This is probably a better answer than this topic deserves. It is commendable that you took the time for such an exhaustive reply.
I'm sorry I don't have more merits to share with you, but you have my UPVOTE.  

You got me there 

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Hope OP now got the Idea of what is dark web and how this work from our Valuable answer 

You are closer than most other posts in this thread, but you are incorrect about electricity (because we don't use CRTs anymore), tho it might be true for oleds most computer screens are still LCD with white leds as backpanel. Dark is easier for the eyes when you are not in the sun, the Stylus add on is your friend...

Dark web.... well for starters The Onion Router is not the only "hidden" network.
No you don't need TOR browser to browse a .onion site, this is false. But its a good idea because things like Chrome and Firefox are spying on you.
This is basically internet without rules, most content is self hosted anonymously from people's own computers, which are not exactly server class so fast it isn't.

Content varies. It does not necessarily mean criminal garbage, there is also political dissidence from countries where this isn't allowed. Most criminal content is actually set up by authorities to try and catch you anyway.

Here is Duckduckgo "dark" web edition. Its no different than the normal one: https://3g2upl4pq6kufc4m.onion/
And it will give you results from the normal web, its not a .onion search engine but those do exist.
Of course, you cannot open that url if your computer is not set up for TOR. Nowdays they bundle it with a browser, but this is optional. TOR runs standalone and you can connect anything that supports socks4a/5, such as your Bitcoin wallet...

Tor is a bit unusual to the others in that it allows access to the normal web from it, but i don't recommend doing that, your IP will change a lot and will be nearly universally banned or heavily crippled (even this forum does that which is ironic as satoshi used it) or you'll be tortured to death with captchas.

Content hosted inside those separate networks is what some call "dark", but doesn't say anything about the content itself. It can be nothing special like wikipedia or some horrible picture. Again, internet without rules, anything goes you have been warned.

Imagine your social media had no moderation, something like that.

Yeah. Unfortunately, some people don't understand sarcasm. 

you both made me laugh lol 

at least both of you is declaring the specific meaning of being Dark Web   

I think it’s a lot different than that. Dark web is all about anonymity. It is a collection of hidden websites and applications that provide the features of anonymous web browsing along with anonymous file storage. Most of these websites are accessible only via Tor browser, an encrypted network that allows you to browse the internet safely from any location.

But as most of us know, the dark web has it’s dark side. It is an area that is used for the sale of drugs and illegal activities. It is also used by criminals to sell and trade items they could not sell on the official market. Nowadays, dark web is widely known as the criminal’s haven.

Dark web is for example drug users, there is almost everything what you need.

I have also heard something about it not sure what exactly is the purpose of it, like cant be done that on the websites which is like password protected or something or probably only it cannot be tracked, is that the purpose due to which people use it?

Oopps,, it is called dark more not the dark web. Dark web is something a site uses onion links to access their sites which is anonymous and can't be traced out easily. TOR browser can access onion links but with very less speed than how we used to be on chrome.

I wonder if it a mere site(website?) or underground cyberspace/internet?
You could go underground if the surface cyberspace becomes hostile/evil/tyrannical. What matter is what they do underground... Causing problems or solving problems in morally acceptable manner?
The only thing still preventing me from using  such underground space is transparency and other good/important ideals that can be found in true cryptocurrency.

Nooo, I think dark web is when you switch to dark theme mode when viewing websites. This is a new trend in web development.
There are those who even believe that the dark web should be called eco-friendly because of its low electricity consumption.

I have never accessed the dark web, because hearing that the dark web is widely used by criminal activities makes me not interested in accessing it.
Actually anyone can access the dark web, but must use the TOR browser. Because on the dark web there is an illegal market place, so a lot of people
who trade illegal goods, most often drug transactions may occur. Moreover, there are a lot of hackers roaming around, making it even more unsafe
to visit the dark web.