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Buzzwords from the world wide web to deep net and dark net
Buzzwords from defining the world wide web to answering what is the deep net and dark net
The Dark Web as You Know It Is a Myth
https://www.wired.com/2015/06/dark-web-know-myth/
What we call the dark web is tiny.
In short, the number of people visiting the dark web is a fraction of overall Tor users, the majority of whom are likely just using it to protect their regular browsing habits.
Of course, there is a technological space called the dark web, where the servers of websites are hidden behind a veil of cryptography, and users also enjoy strong anonymity protections. But that space is nothing like the fairy tale that has been concocted around it; that of a colossal ocean of digital stores selling exclusive products, where criminals are free from prosecution. That characterization is not true.
The NSA is trying to crack Tor. The State Department is helping pay for it.
While the NSA is working around the clock to undermine Tor's anonymity, other branches of the federal government are helping fund that same service.
Tor is a service that lets people surf the Internet anonymously.
Everything you need to know about the NSA and Tor in one FAQ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2013/10/04/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-nsa-and-tor-in-one-faq/
What's Tor?
Tor originally stood for The Onion Router. It's a worldwide network of servers designed to help users browse the Web anonymously, along with software to access the network.
The open-source software was developed 11 years ago with funding from the U.S. military, but no single person or organization controls the network as a whole.
That sounds really complicated. Can ordinary users use it?
To make the system easier to use, the Tor project provides the Tor Browser Bundle. That's a version of the Firefox Web browser that's been pre-configured to send all of its traffic through the Tor network. So to anonymize your traffic, all you do is download the Tor version of Firefox and use it like you would an ordinary Web browser. No special configuration or technical knowledge is required.
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