While it is true that the dark web has a seedier side and there are definitely some criminal elements which utilize it, the same can be said for the broader Internet as well. You may have heard numerous times, for example, about hacked passwords or the trade of credit card details on the dark web. We’re talking, of course, about the so-called “dark web.” Whether you’ve heard about it in a fictional setting like a TV show or from real-world news stories, this seemingly mysterious and shadowy alternate Internet has drawn a lot of attention to itself in recent years.

The Internet: it’s a pretty big place, right? On today’s show, we’re going to be talking about just how big it really is - because there’s a whole lot to the Internet that the average user simply can’t see. How to use Tor effectively for privacy.Using Tor to access sites on the dark web.An earlier report on the service found that it made up roughly 20 percent of dark web sites, including a number of bitcoin escrow services, Ponzi schemes and hacking forums. DMhMb5ixtHĪccording to dark web researcher Sarah Jamie Lewis, Freedom Hosting II is smaller than its predecessor. We were able to identify FHII-hosted sites through SSH fingerprints & Hostname hacking among others. At the time, the service hosted as many as half of the websites accessible only through Tor, commonly referred to as the Dark Web. The original Freedom Hosting was hacked by FBI and other law enforcement in 2013, resulting in a number of child pornography prosecutions.

While it is impossible to verify Anonymous claim about child porn being stored on dark web servers, empirical evidence proves that they may be right. Anonymous claimed that they have stolen the data from the hacked servers and found that child pornography made up more than half the data stored on the servers.

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