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lspencer534
11-08-2014, 3:54pm
I thought I'd check it out, so I installed the TOR browser. It looks just like the surface web. I've tried the recommended Deep Web search engines, but it's the same tame stuff I'm used to. What am I missing here?
Sea Six
11-08-2014, 3:58pm
http://i3.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/007/445/pancake_bunny.jpg
DAB
11-08-2014, 5:02pm
this is the end. you have reached the end. there is no more. this is the end.
Ol Timer
11-08-2014, 5:03pm
Sometimes "fix my sink" really means fix my sink. :leaving:
DAB
11-08-2014, 5:06pm
Sometimes "fix my sink" really means fix my sink. :leaving:

or please help me demo this bathroom.
ApexOversteer
11-08-2014, 6:14pm
You missed it, man... they took it down a couple days ago...

Global Web Crackdown Arrests 17, Seizes Hundreds Of Dark Net Domains | WIRED (http://www.wired.com/2014/11/operation-onymous-dark-web-arrests/)
RED-85-Z51
11-08-2014, 6:18pm
http://i.imgur.com/6Pi4wPW.gif
Defib1961
11-08-2014, 6:50pm
this is the end. you have reached the end. there is no more. this is the end.

The Doors-The End - YouTube
Bill
11-08-2014, 6:52pm
You missed it, man... they took it down a couple days ago...

Global Web Crackdown Arrests 17, Seizes Hundreds Of Dark Net Domains | WIRED (http://www.wired.com/2014/11/operation-onymous-dark-web-arrests/)

I disagree. Those people that got arrested are all going to need a lawyer, right? I'd say he's right on time.
C5SilverBullet
11-09-2014, 9:27am
It allows you access to hidden pages, it also gives you almost total anonymity online.
mrvette
11-09-2014, 9:51am
It allows you access to hidden pages, it also gives you almost total anonymity online.

What sort of 'hidden pages'....like for ordering drugs??
Sea Six
11-09-2014, 10:21am
What sort of 'hidden pages'....like for ordering drugs??

It's much more insidious than that.

Try tapping into your deepest conspiracy theories. :ohnoes:
lspencer534
11-09-2014, 10:44am
What sort of 'hidden pages'....like for ordering drugs??

That, plus contact info for hit men, pedophile sites, bestiality sites, everything illegal you can think of. While those things may attract some people, the Deep Web is also a vast resource of scholarly articles, medical research, and info not available anywhere else.

Search engines for the "surface web" uncover only about 0.03% of the info out there. These search engines cannot access the Deep Web sites because so many of them require registration, and they are password-protected.

The deep Web is enormous in comparison to the surface Web. Today's Web has more than 555 million registered domains. Each of those domains can have dozens, hundreds or even thousands of sub-pages, many of which aren't cataloged, and thus fall into the category of deep Web. Although no one knows for sure, it's estimated that the Deep Web is 400-500 times bigger than the surface web.

I think that the main attraction of the Deep Web is that it practically guarantees anonymity. A user cannot be traced to an IP address, and your browsing habits can't be monitored. You can't be tracked because you searches/messages/etc. are run through a labryrinth of routers that picks millions of servers.

Yes, it's completely legal. Stories about a Deep Web sited called Silk Road being shut down by the CIA and the owner arrested are true. (Silk Road was a drug dealing site.) However, the owner was caught not because of any flaw in the Deep Web. He was foolish enough to use his surface web e-mail to launder the money. His domain on the Deep Web was even bought by him on the surface web.
lspencer534
11-09-2014, 10:45am
It's much more insidious than that.

Try tapping into your deepest conspiracy theories. :ohnoes:

Please see my post #13 for the benefits of the Deep Web.
NeedSpeed
11-09-2014, 3:56pm
You missed it, man... they took it down a couple days ago...

Global Web Crackdown Arrests 17, Seizes Hundreds Of Dark Net Domains | WIRED (http://www.wired.com/2014/11/operation-onymous-dark-web-arrests/)


I was just about to post this.

400 Tor-anonymized domains tracked down and seized in global crackdown | Ars Technica (http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/11/400-tor-anonymized-domains-tracked-down-and-seized-in-global-crackdown/)
Barn Babe
11-09-2014, 3:58pm
It sounds like you want to be up to no good. :skep: :D
NeedSpeed
11-09-2014, 4:02pm
It sounds like you want to be up to no good. :skep: :D

Trying to cover up his barbie surfing :D
DukeAllen
11-09-2014, 4:12pm
It allows you access to hidden pages, it also gives you almost total anonymity online.

Except when anyone that uses it gets a little flag on a screen down at NSA-HQ
:leaving:
DukeAllen
11-09-2014, 4:13pm
It sounds like you want to be up to no good. :skep: :D

I don't need a deep web for that :D
Barn Babe
11-09-2014, 4:15pm
I don't need a deep web for that :D

Details? :D
Chris Fowler
11-09-2014, 4:16pm
FYI, interesting novel on TOR is Little Brother by Cory Doctorow.

Not a fan of his politics, but he writes a good tech novel.

The sequel, Homeland, decent as well...
DAB
11-09-2014, 4:54pm
learn something every day.

does it have cat facts? :rofl:
lspencer534
11-09-2014, 5:03pm
learn something every day.

does it have cat facts? :rofl:

I'm sure it does, but I'm having trouble finding any interesting sites. The TOR browser says to go to hiddenwiki for a list of links. None of the links work.
DukeAllen
11-09-2014, 5:04pm
Details? :D

I couldn't. In public. (I hate making people jealous) :D
DukeAllen
11-09-2014, 5:23pm
They didn't even ask about my 'net surfing habits during my clearance investigation. :rofl:

They either don't know or don't care...and I suspect it's the latter.

Your surfing habits are probably too boring for them to care (which is a good thing).
DukeAllen
11-09-2014, 5:50pm
:leaving:

Yeah...I don't think things with barn animals count :funny: