What Is The Dark Web Used For?
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What Is the Dark Web Used For?
The Internet has changed in many aspects as in 1990 the most controversial development is the progress of the Dark Web. Adults are worried about young people using the Dark Web for illegal activity. There is a positive effect of this feature is that people don’t need to go out shopping, they can do everything using this technology.
Dark Web:
Through the computer or by using a device has a unique online identity like an Internet Protocol address. IP addresses assist the network to send information to the right place. The dark web uses a complex system that unnamed the true IP address of the user. It makes it very difficult to know which websites are visited by devices. There are three main reasons Dark Web is used by people,
Anonymization:
In this world, people have so many reasons to hide and protect their identity. It might be possible if their identity is exposed it caused many problems for example in countries in which political censorship exists or where it bans the free press. The dark web is used by those people that want to reduce the risk to fall victim to crime, for example, people who have been stalked or those who are worried about online banking security. Tor is mostly used by people that search the open web unsafely, a small percentage of the traffic used Dark Web relate to hidden service.
Access to the hidden service:
Onion service or the hidden service is one in which the not only website but also the user is protected by Tor. It means that the information about the host like location or its content is hidden the internet protocol address is unidentified. It is called an onion service because the name of the website ends at the onion.
Tor itself is not a hidden service, but the sites it hosts are hidden services. It is used legally for example most people share their personal information or information about crimes without the risk of counterattack. Some hidden service has illegal activities, mostly they require registration (provide a username, and address) and VIP sections which are accessible only by the member-made application and approved by the administration.
Illegal activity:
The dark web is used for illegal activities such as selling drugs, weapons, personal information, bank details, credit card details, fake passports, Netflix accounts, and many more.