This video is part of a series that’s for educational purposes only.
Please do not enter the Dark Web unless you know what you are doing.
The Dark Web is the criminal,s heaven and there are things that an average person should never see.
If you don't have a good reason to use the Dark Web, like to provide the truth in a situation where
it's censored, I'd stay away from it.
If this is the first time you hear about the Dark Web, chances are you don't know what you are getting
into.
There are people on Internet forums that have come across things on the Dark Web
they wish they would have never seen.
They were completely traumatized and once
they are in,
they are not leaving. Now
assuming you have a good and legitimate reason to visit the Dark Web, then you should be aware that
you can do it only with the Tor browser and you have to already know the onion address of the
websites you want to visit.
It's not like you go to search for the onion addresses on Google.
You'll find these onion addresses on forums, chat rooms, or you'll receive them by email.
This is the hidden Wiki, which lists hundreds of onion addresses of services that you can find
on the Dark Web.
The real number of the hidden services on the Dark Web is unknown because of their hidden nature,
but some say that there are less than 10000.
So not so many.
There you can find fake government I.Ds., illegal weapons and drugs on many marketplaces. Here
no one will use traditional forms of payments like credit cards because they can be easily tracked,
but privacy crypto currencies like Monero.
Be aware that if illegal activities are there, police is definitely not too far away and they are undercover.
Silk Road is just one example.
It was the biggest marketplace on the Dark Web that, after two years of undercover operations, was taken
down by FBI.
Its founder was put into jail and given two life sentences.
Over those two years of operations, Silkroad generated more than the equivalent of one 180
billion dollars in cryptocurrency.
These are, for example, some websites on the Dark Web that worth visiting.
This is the onion address of DuckDuckGo search engine that is also available on the surface web.
As opposed to other search engines
DuckDuckGo does not collect or share any of your personal information.
This is Hidden Answers, which is similar to Reddit, but it doesn't have any censorship in it.
You can ask whatever questions you like and you'll definitely receive one answer from the online community.
This is a mirror website of the real Facebook.
Some regimes censor social media or make them completely inaccessible for their people. By using the
Dark Web version of Facebook
people can attempt to stay anonymous.
The BBC has made a special Tor mirror of its news website, which is available on the Dark Web.
The goal is to offer people a way to anonymously access the BBC website, without restrictions,
regardless of where someone lives.
Another interesting one is Secure Drop.
It's the place where whistleblowers and journalists can be found.
As a conclusion, visiting the dark web
will expose you to great risks.
Have your eyes wide open and make sure you do not click on links
you are not sure you want to see.