DARK WEB
What is the Dark Web?
--> The Dark web is not just the sites you can access using Google. In fact, that is just a tiny part of the very large web. But broadly speaking, the web can be divided into 3 main parts which are Surface Web, Deep Web and Dark Web. (I make article on all of these; you can check it on my profile for more information).
The Surface Web is what most people think the whole web is. It is basically the online content that can be accessed easily using search engines or by links. This can include your favorite blog posts, Facebook pages, news articles, etc. which are general information and indexed by search engines like Google.
Then we have the Deep Web, which is distinct from the Dark Web! This web cannot be indexed by search engines, and you require some permission to access it. For example, login access to a site, contents of a company database, etc. are not openly available using links on the internet. And since search engines need links to open the web, this content is not accessible by them.
And finally, there is the Dark Web which is not just a place for criminal activity! Like the Deep Web, Dark Web also cannot be accessed using conventional search engines. You need specific browsers like Tor, which routes the web page requests through multiple proxy servers to provide complete anonymity. And all the Dark Web sites have weird domain addresses and end with .onion so that they are much harder to track and only accessible by Tor.
How the Dark Web Sites Operate?
--> The Dark Web is like the dark scary part of the web that holds many secrets – both good and bad. And the only way to access the websites in this dark place is to use the anonymizing dark web browser called Tor.
All of your web page requests on the Dark Web are first connected at random to one of the entry nodes, then bounced off a middle node, and then finally pushed out through an exit node. This makes your IP address unidentifiable and untraceable so you might be sitting in India, (That depends on which proxy you're connected with), but you may appear to be in a country halfway around the globe on the Dark Web! This makes Tor perfect to explore the secret Dark Web but also makes it a little unpredictable and slow due to all the onion layers.
Is the Dark Web Illegal?
--> No, the Dark Web is not illegal. (In some countries) However, if you live in China, the great Chinese firewall blocks all the Tor traffic. Also, countries like Russia, Saudi Arabia, Iran, etc. are also trying to restrict the Dark Web as much as possible. But it is a myth that the Dark Web is only used by criminals for illegal purposes. Tor is also frequently used by people who value their online privacy and don’t want anyone to ban their free speech. And you can only find many interesting and totally legal sites on Tor! You can find first edition books, encrypted email services, cryptocurrency.
(I don't recommend you visit the dark web, even after you want to visit the dark web then don't share your personal information to anyone on the dark web, and try to use Secure VPN, if you get into any trouble then Vaibhav Ruparel is not responsible for that, be careful).
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