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What is the InterWeb?
The term interweb is a combination of the words "internet" and "web." It's most often used jokingly or sarcastically by someone who is tech-
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There are three basic levels within this complex thing we call the World Wide Web – open, deep, and dark. Each of these have their place – and their drawbacks.
What is the open web?
The open or surface web is what you access daily through search engines like Bing or Google. It makes up about 10% of the entire web. Before you even turn on the device, search engines have crawled through the web, looking for information, evaluating the sources, and listing your options.
This is like the general reading room in your local library. The books are there, they’re precisely organized by theme and title, and you’re free and able to look everywhere. By accessing the normal internet, your device is accessing central servers which will then display the website.
If you have time on your hands, you can just wander through the aisles of a library looking at every book. But if you want to find something specific, you can also ask a Librarian to help you locate it.
Browsers such as Google, Bing, DuckDuckGo act like virtual librarians, sorting and cataloging materials so they can be easily searched. They do this through using “crawlers”, sometimes also known as “spiders” or “robots”. Crawlers can automatically scan websites and their links, then record them. This makes it easy for them (and you) to find websites.
What is the deep web?
The term ‘deep web’ doesn’t mean anything nefarious -
This could include sites not automatically available to the public, such as those which require a password. Examples of this might be e-
There are also millions of servers which only store data which can’t be accessed via a public web page. Data brokers such as LocalBlox for instance crawl the web and store information about business and consumers to sell for marketing purposes.
Deep sites also include company intranets and governmental websites, for instance the website of the European Union. You may be able to search such pages but you do so using their own internal search function, not a search engine like Bing or Yahoo. This means content of such sites isn’t accessible to web crawlers.
The deep web also includes most academic content handled directly by universities. Think of this like searching for a library book using the facilities’ own index files – you might have to be in the library to search there.
What is the dark web?
The dark web, despite massive media attention, is an extremely small part of the deep web.
The term is very general, as there are actually a number of ‘darknets’ available such as ‘Freenet’ and ‘I2P’ but the TOR network has become the most popular. So, when most people refer to the dark net, they mean Tor.
The acronym stands for The Onion Router. A reference to how Tor works; sending encrypted traffic through layers of relays around the globe as it hides content, the sender, and their location. Users need a special browser with added software to access the tor dark web in the first place.
Not only is browsing via tor more secure, it also is more private as it effectively shuts out online trackers. The Tor browser is based on Firefox and makes use of extensions like ‘NoScript’ to prevent harmful code from loading and there’s a built-
While it is not flawless in protecting user privacy, it works well enough to give users much more privacy in where they go, the content accessed, and protecting their identity and location. The multiple relays help keep some distance and anonymity between the person visiting the website, the website itself, and any entity trying to eavesdrop on the communication between the two.
Tor is both a type of connection – with the extended relays – and a browser. With your device running a Tor browser, you can go to Tor-
Admittedly, there are a number of Tor-
But, that’s not the whole story. There are also popular free legal websites which can be accessed via a .onion address. Facebook offers an onion link to access their services, although you may find logging in difficult, as you’ll most likely appear to be signing in from a different location each time.
Mail providers Mailbox.org and Protonmail can also be accessed via an .onion link. This may be welcome news to those in states where security services have attempted to block ‘anonymous’ email websites like these from the open web. Since Tor can be used to access websites governments try to block, the dark web can be a useful tool for people living under dictatorships to access western media.
By its nature, Tor is censorship-
Types, view ability, and risks of deep web content.
There are numerous types of deep web content. These include websites with registration requirements; fee-
There is no inherent risk associated with searching the surface web or entering the deep web. In fact, both acts are common and part of daily life and business today. However, some websites contain digital dangers such as malware, viruses, spyware, and keyloggers (a kind of surveillance software that can monitor and record every keystroke on a computer). It is also possible to find sensitive data on the deep web that can be stolen or abused, and, of course, the possibility of encountering individuals who engage in cybercrime and unethical, even harmful, activities is always a risk in the online world.
How do I access the dark web?
If you need to access dark web resources, these are the steps you need to take.
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