The Dark Web... real or FAKE?

*Andrew NDB* · 06-07-2018, 03:12 PM

As someone who is relatively internet savvy, even knowing quite a bit about networking, proxies and IPs and such... I wonder, is the fabled "Dark Web" really a real thing? Like, where would you even go to look into it, let alone log into it? And are you sure?

I only know of one lady who I know IRL who purports to have accessed it... but she's a blowhard and I don't believe anything she says.

I wonder if this is just some kind of pop culture thing that has been talked about so much, people have convinced themselves it is real.

*CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy* · 06-07-2018, 03:24 PM

I've done some research into it for one of my novels, but never actually run across anyone legitimate who claims to have been on it or used it.

*Andrew NDB* · 06-07-2018, 03:32 PM

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Originally Posted by CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy

I've done some research into it for one of my novels

That's why I bring it up. I've heard "Understood, sir! let me do some research on the Dark Web and see what I can find," etc., from TV shows and movies of late... I'm wondering if there's any factual foundation to it at all.

*Candy Kappa* · 06-07-2018, 03:36 PM

It's just a part of deep web, sure it's highly mythologized due to its secrecy but it's still a thing.

*Andrew NDB* · 06-07-2018, 03:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Candy Kappa

It's just a part of deep web

What is "deep web"? Like an intranet?

*Candy Kappa* · 06-07-2018, 03:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

What is "deep web"? Like an intranet?

Deep web are just content that isn't indexed, nothing more special

*TigerClaw* · 06-07-2018, 03:39 PM

I believe its something you get access to by using some sort of VPN.

*The Deadman* · 06-07-2018, 03:44 PM

I havent really messed with it, but there's a browser you can download. Never really did any digging on it, though.

*FredWolfLeonardo* · 06-07-2018, 03:45 PM

I believe it is real, the part of about online black market for drugs and terrorism, but I think the horror stories about live Snuff Films in Red Rooms are fake/exaggerated.

06-07-2018, 03:12 PM	#1
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