This is Why You Should Never Visit the Dark Web...

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the dark web the mystery surrounding this part of the Internet makes people extremely curious the excitement is compounded by the media and Hollywood's coverage as a breeding ground for hackers and organized crime but even with all the curiosity and the mystery is it a place you should visit welcome to the finest today we'll be looking at why you should never visit the dark web let's begin so what is the dark web well according to various resources the web is structured like a giant iceberg the tip is what we see on the surface which on the web is the usual indexed pages and web sites we can access using regular search engines and browsers below that is the second layer of the iceberg and this is known as the Deep Web this layer consists of content that is hidden behind HTTP forms web mail online banking and other paid or subscription services fall under this category the Deep Web can be accessed using direct URL links or IP addresses often these require passwords or other security authentication to get you past the public web page at the very bottom of this iceberg is the dark web most people confuse this with the Deep Web mostly because they don't know any better however when an average Joe mentions the Deep Web they're likely referring to the dark web the dark web is where the stuff of a nightmare seems to reside it's where shifty characters are the order of the day and weird creepy sightings are the norm the content on the dark web exists on dark nets and overlay networks the difference with the other sections of the web structure is that the Deep Web is hidden in a maze of privacy protocols the aim of this is to veil users in a complicated web where anonymity comes first in the murky depths of the aptly named dark web dark stuff happens wondering how you can access the dark web well let's get to it the dark web is made of small peer-to-peer networks as well as large and popular networks some of the large networks include tor the most popular and where it all started and then there's free net I 2p and right these are either operated by organizations or by individuals tor was designed by the military for spies to communicate however the secrecy strategy meant that there had to be regular folks among the intelligence community on the dark web tour was released to the public to facilitate this with the strategy being that with the public using its separating government messages from those of the general public would be incredibly difficult in any case you can't be anonymous when you're alone the anonymity provided by the network spread quickly and fast and today forms a critical element of the dark web however that anonymity has attracted a varying range of people the majority of whom are shady to say the least to access the dark web you need special software tor is one of the best and most popular however the nature of the dark web calls for stricter measures for security reasons experts suggest that you always use a VPN when accessing the dark web well that's easy enough the question however is should you access in the dark web the short answer is that you should stay as far away from the dark web as you possibly can but there is an inherently curious streak with us humans and this might tempt you to try and access the dark web however before you do you should know that although there are legal activities on the dark web illegal activities far outweigh them and by a very long shot but don't take my word for it listen to what others had to say about their 40s first given the anonymity of the dark web it is awash with criminals a good reason to avoid it hackers have been especially busy in recent years as is evidenced by the constant news of hacks and data breaches across all industries the bulk of the stolen data and information end up on the dark web according to an article published on the Telegraph that data could end up fetching up to $1,200 for each bank login on the dark web another article tells us that in 2017 Americans lost approximately 17 billion dollars from identity theft and hacking hear anything from credit card details email logins financial records health records and Social Security numbers have a price while you might not be a victim of a major data breach accessing the dark web might expose you to the dangers of hacking hacker noon tells us that accessing certain links on the dark web exposes you to hacking according to the writer of one article it is imperative that you have enough information about the sites and links you will be accessing hackers are known to use malicious links which when accessed download viruses and Trojan horses to your computer although the dark web promotes anonymity it's considered to be an insecure platform for those who don't know their way around one of the things you should avoid like a plague is making any purchases using a credit card debit card or PayPal this is one of the reasons that the dominating currency on the dark web is Bitcoin better yet don't make any purchase on the dark web at all if that's not enough to keep you away from the dark web then the fact that Uncle Sam is always watching should while accessing the dark web might not be necessarily illegal the bulk of activities there are and anywhere there are illegal activities the government is always watching imagine you visited a site on the dark web or clicked on a link that took you to an illegal marketplace that was being watched by authorities in 2013 the Federal Bureau of Investigations shut down one of the earliest dark net marketplaces Silk Road was known as the go-to marketplace for most illegal drugs and other illicit goods just recently a slew of American agencies shut down another marketplace selling drugs weapons and other contraband the undercover busts led to the arrest of over 35 vendors and seizures of other illegal merchandise including vehicles guns a grenade launcher Bitcoin mining rigs and over 2000 Bitcoin authorities aside the owners of certain web properties on the dark web have also been known to watch their visitors 1 Reddit user narrated how he followed a couple of links before Google existed according to the user the trail led to a random page that seemed to be a collection of random thoughts in his quest to understand the connection of the users of the site the redditor compiled the IP addresses which led to a web server with a huge directory of HTML files and two while nslookup did not yield any reverse records for the IP a visual route traced the server as far as Colorado as the story goes while the narrator was clawing back up the subdirectories to the parent directory he came across a new HTML file at the very top named one - . hello - their HTML with a timestamp from that particular minute on opening the file the message in it read we see you in plain text without quotes and in all lowercase the server then dropped approximately 15 seconds later then there's the creepy stuff imagine coming across a confessions forum where users confess their creepiest crimes or darkest fetishes one user on reddit explains how he came across one site of this nature that changed his perspective of humans in yet another narration another editor narrates how he watched a video on the dark web and left a comment on returning to watch the video again this user found a reply to his comment the reply read that is very astute of you mr. insert my last name the creepiest bit of it was that this users last name is nowhere near common and yet whoever left the comment knew it another user clutch tells his story about his forays into the dark web using tor after going out to eat at Five Guys he came back to find a picture of him eating at the restaurant that he had just left thought catalog curates deep web stories some of which are outright evil one such story is of a cannibal forum no kidding folks the story claims that the forum discusses cannibalism and even has conversations about meetups where participants participate in the weird creepy and sickening practice in one YouTube video the narrator shows us a screenshot of an advert for contract killers yeah there are assassins for hire lurking in the dark depths of this part of the web if you thought assassins existed only in the movies the dark web has it all the ad even goes further and claims to not take contracts for top 10 politicians or children under the age of 16 another infamous site on the dark web according to thought catalog is the human experiment reportedly the website details the unethical experiments carried out on kidnapped people by an anonymous and unscrupulous group of doctors and medical students the website's tagline reads not all humans are equal for some of them were born superior to others the range of experiments that the site administrators claimed to conduct includes drug trials sterilization pain tolerance starvation and water restriction the website also claims to carry out unmentionable experiments on infants and pregnant women a popular YouTube targeting scam has its roots in the dark web recent reports show that even politicians and pop stars have become victims of the dark web while they might not necessarily have visited the dark web they have often been victimized in swatting scams in the scam dark web users pay for hackers to access your IP address then alert the authorities of an impending critical incident like a bomb threat or hostage situation at your location the alert sends a SWAT team your way to break down some doors and make life miserable for a couple of minutes all that for giggles for the perpetrators have you been to the dark web and why if you have what's one thing you found that you think would keep you from ever going back again also check out our other cool stuff showing up on screen right now see you next time

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Channel: The Finest

Views: 157,498

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Length: 10min 21sec (621 seconds)

Published: Mon Feb 18 2019

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