The Dark Side of the Web

[Hejira]

The dark side of the web

Posted on 9 Mar 2010 at 15:47

Google sees only a fraction of the content that appears on the internet. Stuart Andrews finds out what's lurking in the deep web

When Google indexes so many billions of web pages that it doesn’t even bother listing the number any more, it’s hard to imagine that much lies beyond its far-reaching tentacles.

Beneath, however, lies an online world that few know exists. It’s a realm of huge, untapped reserves of valuable information containing sprawling databases, hidden websites and murky forums. It’s a world where academics and researchers might find the data required to solve some of mankind’s biggest problems, but also where criminal syndicates operate, and terrorist handbooks and child pornography are freely distributed.

At the same time, the underground web is the best hope for those who want to escape the bonds of totalitarian state censorship, and share their ideas or experiences with the outside world.

Interested? You’re not alone. The deep web and its “darknets” are a new battleground for those who want to uphold the right to privacy online, and those who feel that rights need to be sacrificed for the safety of society. The deep web is also the new frontier for those who want to rival Google in the field of search. Take a journey with us to the other side of the internet.

Source:The dark side of the web | Analysis | Features | PC Pro

The whole article is a bit of read but I found it quite interesting!

 

[wilson1980]

got to be one off the best reads in a long while for me..i always knew there was more to it than just www. looks like ive found saomething to do on my weekend off..

cheers for that bud

 

[Hejira]

got to be one off the best reads in a long while for me..i always knew there was more to it than just www. looks like ive found saomething to do on my weekend off..

cheers for that bud

No worries m8, kinda felt that way myself n thought it might be DW Worthy!

I find you do need a reason or a trigger to delve a little deeper into some topics n this just peaked my interest.

A little further reading if your interested
The Deep, Dark Invisible Web | A cool place to hang out...

Maybe you can hunt down the DW Admins n Mods HideOut! LOL

 

[mozr]

Maybe you can hunt down the DW Admins n Mods HideOut! LOL

 

[Hejira]

PMSL: thanks :

 

[hatab]

interesting, i read a novel recently it was a trashy spy/special forces thing ok for a couple hours and the subject of the deep web was mentioned a couple of times in the book sort of in passing at the time i thought yeah sounds possible wonder how or where you to find more and then promptly forgot about it....getting old

thanks for the article, if anybody finds a way in give us all a signpost

 

[afterhourz]

Good read,thanks.

Have you/anyone tried the freenet thingy ?
The N3 hack might be on there LOL

On a serious note

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Worse still, Freenet will use the cache on your hard disk to store and serve it. “There is potential that, on your computer, there would be a hold of material like that sitting on your hard disk,” Ian Clarke explains, “but it would be in a form that you couldn’t access, even if you wanted to.

Scary shit that,YOUR HD could be aiding & abeiting some nasty content

 

[adam]

had a look at it last time it was posted, contrary to the info its essentially a bloody great pile of shit that renders your pc unusable, like a limewire that needs 95% of your pc to run but needs days to get ready. It can permanently damage your curiosity. I think you need to be desperately seeking the wrong kind of material to see it thru.

 

[hamba]

I posted a similar news item back in November:

https://www.digitalworldz.co.uk/index.php?threads/222750/

interesting area.

 

[Hejira]

I posted a similar news item back in November:

https://www.digitalworldz.co.uk/index.php?threads/222750/

interesting area.

Totally missed that m8 n it wern't that long ago.

I wonder how much other interesting stuff goes by here I'm oblivious to.

 

[hamba]

Totally missed that m8 n it wern't that long ago.

I wonder how much other interesting stuff goes by here I'm oblivious to.

A lot of ineresting stuff does get posted here and it's easy enough to miss.

Not a bad thing to post again as it's back in the news.

I posted a while back on an acoustic piano where the tuning could be adjusted while playing and they were talking about it again tonight, on Front Row, on Radio 4.

https://www.digitalworldz.co.uk/index.php?threads/222538/?highlight=fluid+piano