What Is the dark web? How to access it ?

                                         

What is the dark web

The dark web is the world wide web content that exists on dark-nets, overlay networks that use the internet with a specific software but isn't visible to search engines and requires the use of an  anonymizing  browser called Tor to be accessed.                                                     

The dark web forms a small part of the deep web, and it's not indexed by search engines.  

Dark web sites

Dark web sites look pretty much like any other site, but there are important differences. One is the naming structure. Instead of ending in .com or .co, dark web sites end in .onion. That’s a special-use top level domain suffix designating an anonymous hidden service reachable via the Tor network. Browsers with the appropriate proxy can reach these sites, but others can’t. 

The Tor dark web may be referred to as Onionland, a reference to the network's top-level domain suffix .onion and the traffic anonymization technique of onion routing. 

                                      

57 percent of the dark web host illicit material.  You can buy credit card numbers, all manner of drugs, guns, counterfeit money, stolen subscription credentials, hacked Netflix accounts and software that helps you break into other people’s computers. Buy login credentials to a $50,000 Bank of America account for $500. Get $3,000 in counterfeit $20 bills for $600. Buy seven prepaid debit cards, each with a $2,500 balance, for $500 (express shipping included). A “lifetime” Netflix premium account goes for $6. You can hire hackers to attack computers for you. You can buy usernames and passwords. 

But not everything is illegal, the dark web also has a legitimate side. For example, you can join Blackbook or TorBook  social networks described as the "The Facebook Of Tor," and have a similar layout and feel to Facebook, with a news feed, photo sharing, friend requests, etc. 

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