Deep Web
Deep Web, also known as “Deepnet,” the “Invisible Web,” the
“Undernet” or the “hidden Web,” are parts of the Internet that are not
considered part of the “surface web,” or the portion of the World Wide Web that
is indexed by conventional search engines. Many deep web sites are not indexed
because they use dynamic databases that are devoid of hyperlinks and can only
be found by performing an internal search query.
For example, have you accessed your
email today? Have you checked your Facebook messages? What about your private
Dropbox? If you did at least one of these then you accessed the deep web. The
deep web isn’t some mysterious place as depicted. Instead it is the collection
of millions of files on the internet that aren’t publicly available. Imagine if
anyone could access your email just by searching it on a search engine😨... It wouldn’t be good. So it’s “hidden” from the
regular web, the deep web is about 95% of all the data available online, which
isn’t surprising when you think about the amount of private data that there really
is.
Dark Web
It’s a place where online information is password protected,
trapped behind paywalls, or requires special software to access—and it’s
massive. By some estimates, it is 500 times larger than the surface Web that
most people search every day. Yet it’s almost completely out of sight. It can
also be referred to as the collection of websites that exist on an encrypted network and cannot be found
by using traditional search engines or visited by using traditional browsers.
Many websites in the "dark web" are not legal to
visit. Some people enjoy child pornography, snuff films, torture flicks, and
other unpleasant kinds of socially unacceptable "entertainment". The
dark web is where the dredges of society get their material. The deep web is
also the black market for everything you can imagine. Child trafficking,
prostitution, drug dealing, organized crime; essentially anything which is
illegal on the mainstream Internet relies on the deep web's anonymity to
continue operating.
These websites often change addresses frequently, and quite
a bit of effort must be taken in order to find them. Because of the nature of
these websites, their visitors are monitored. Although law enforcement may do
their best to have these websites shut down, the deep web is under no legal
jurisdiction (hence, the reason for the deep web's existence). People who visit
these websites without going to prison are employing certain precautions to
avoid being tracked.
The deep web is not a tourist destination. If you are dead set on visiting the deep web I would suggest you look into what software and hardware you will need to browse anonymously.
The dark web can be accessed through
TOR
The Onion Router (TOR) is an anonymous browsing client,
which allows its users to browse the Internet anonymously by separating
identification and routing, thus concealing network activity from surveillance.
Some websites on the deep Web can only be accessed via the TOR client.
Things sold on the dark web
- Counterfeit CurrencyFake money varies widely in quality and cost, but euros, pounds, and yen are all available. Six hundred dollars gets you $2,500 in counterfeit U.S. notes, promised to pass the typical pen and ultraviolet-light tests.
- Firearms, Ammunition, and ExplosivesWeapons such as handguns and C4 explosives are procurable on the Dark Web. Vendors ship their products in specially shielded packages to avoid x-rays or send weapons components hidden in toys, musical instruments, or electronics.
- Human OrgansIn the darker corners of the Dark Web, a vibrant and gruesome black market for live organs thrives. Kidneys may fetch $200,000, hearts $120,000, livers $150,000, and a pair of eyeballs $1,500.😐
- Forged PapersPassports, driver’s licenses, citizenship papers, fake IDs, college diplomas, immigration documents, and even diplomatic ID cards are available on illicit marketplaces such as Onion Identity Services. A U.S. driver’s license costs approximately $200, while passports from the U.S. or U.K. sell for a few thousand bucks. and lots more...
The major type of currency often used in deep Web black
markets is the Bitcoin, a peer-to-peer digital currency that regulates itself
according to network software.
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