What is Dark Web-What is Deep Web
If you ask what the internet is, everyone will say that the World Wide Web is the internet where we search all the things online using an internet connection, but all the common search engines like Google, Yahoo, and Bing have only 3% to 4% available internet in the World Wide Web that we can use, and 96% is the internet known as a dark web that is beyond the reach of a common people are also known as the dark Market for Illegal Business.
In this article, we will know about what is the dark web, deep web and Surface Web? In this article, I will tell you how to access the Dark Web? And also about how dangerous the dark web is.
What is the Deep Web and Dark Web? The internet has three main web layers:
- Surface Web
- Deep Web
- Dark Web
The deep web contains all the sensitive information and files like the government's Secret Files, Military Projects, Banking information, Online Drug Sales, Pornography, Hacking and other illegal things. Opening or using the websites hosted on the dark web is illegal and is against government rule. In the dark web, a normal Google search engine does not Index these kinds of website and hence we don't find any dark web websites when we search for anything on Google or Bing or on Yahoo search engine.
What is the darknet market?
In this part of the internet, illegal markets are created in a world where dangerous things are bought and sold, and every payment is made using bitcoin(virtual money) as money. One such market called Silk Road has recently been closed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation(FBI) after a long thief-police race between the hackers of FBI and admins of Dark Market.Dark Web, Deep Web, What is Surface Web?
For details, let me tell you that what we use the internet is divided into 3 layers, the first layer is the Surface web which we use on daily basis, and the second one is the Deep Web and the third and the extremely dangerous one is the Dark Web. So let's understand in a little detail what is the surface web, Deep Web, Dark Web?- Surface Web: What is the surface web? The surface web is also known as Clear Web or Clear Net, because it is the internet that we usually use on our smartphones, laptops, televisions, and computers, where we can do all the work in everyday life such as using Gmail, Facebook, Twitter, online shopping from different websites. This is very interesting to know that the surface web is only 4% of the full internet. All websites and web pages that search engines such as Google, Bing, and Yahoo can search, are all called Clear Net or Surface Web and is only 4% of the total internet.
- Deep Web: What is the deep web? The deep web is many times considered to be a dark web, but it is an earth-to-sky difference between the two. Search Engines cannot index these Deep Websites because these contain very sensitive and illegal information. In simple terms, this is the website within which the database is hidden from the outside/common Internet, which not everyone can access until having proper permissions for access. The confidential information of the government or university or an organization is stored in the deep web. Online cloud storage such as Google Drive, Dropbox, Samsung Cloud, etc. cannot be accessed without a specific address or URL and any authentication process such as specific ID, password, etc. These types of cloud services can be considered as a part of Deep Web.
- Dark Web: What is the dark web? This is an Internet/Websites that are completely hidden from the common internet and are not even indexed in search engines like Google, Bing, Yahoo and can be surfed using a Tor Browser to visit a dark web website.
Dark Web is known as a haven of hackers and criminals as there are drugs trading, weapons smuggling, illegal PayPal, NetFlix, Credit/Debit account details and many other things that no one can imagine. For example:
- Stolen information
- Illegal substances
- Dangerous goods or illegal weapons
- Human trafficking
- Fake passports
- Hackers
- Pirated software
- Credit card information
- Buying products at a low price without tax.
- Red room etc.
Dark Net websites cannot be found in traditional search engines, the content inside Dark Web is usually found using the Tor network. In the darknet, we can find all the illegal things like drugs, counterfeit goods, weapons, as well as hacking sites, X-rated sites, buying and selling bitcoin and those things which we can't even think.
Keep in mind before accessing Dark Web:
Dark Web occupies a large part of Deep Web that is intentionally hidden and can be accessed using only specialized web browsers (like, Tor for computers and Onion for Android). If you are moving from a normal browser to a dark browser like Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, UC Browser, Safari you will end life in prison.Using the Dark Web is not good but you all are doing some research on the internet. So I'm giving you some tips that you'll be able to use the dark web while being safe.
- Download and install Tor Browser Normal browsers do not allow us to visit websites that are hidden from the internet as we all know that Dark Web and Darknet are considered illegal and standard browsers fail to open them. Never fall into this misconception that your ISP (Internet Service Provider) and law enforcement are not tracking your activities. By the way, for those who use the Tor Browser, the dark web provides you a very secure network of TOR browsers which makes you anonymous and hence no one can track or trace you even ISP and law enforcement peoples cant track you.
- Never forget to use VPN, This gives you an extra layer of Anonymity and Security. Even when you're using the surface web. Choose a great VPN service for yourself. If you are not using now by downloading them from Google Play Store or Microsoft Store.
- How to identify Dark Websites? The internet is only a repository of links where we see many website links, where we click on several website links every day. Hence the question is that, how will we find which Website is the dark web and which is the surface web. If you open a dark web website in a normal browser without security, firstly these browsers will not show any such websites. But if you directly search the authentic URL for the dark web then this will create many problems for you. For this, a particular browser has been created, known as TOR, it should be known that the extensions of dark web websites are also very different. Like that .onion, which is a Highly-Encrypted Domain name, and is used for dark web websites only.
- Hide your identity on a dark web site using the dark web (TOR Tools)? For emails we will also need to use a Secure Email Address (Never use any original data of yours even by mistake as many hackers are roaming here and there on the dark web in search of prey), Hence, use the feature below for the address. Sign up on any one of the below for a secure email address:
- ProtonMail
- TORbox
- Mail2Tor
Also, Read👉 Tor Browser | How to Download and Use
Best alternatives to TOR browser:
- I2P
- Tails
- Subgraph OS
- Freenet
- Freepto
One can also use these browsers to surf the deep web.
How to use Dark Web?
- First Download Tor Browser, you must download the Tor browser from your official website on your computer. Download Tor for Windows, Mac, Linux and Android OS from an official link only👉: https://www.torproject.org/download/
- Install, Tor Browser. Open it and click Connect button.
- Change IP to TOR Server Now after clicking on the Connect button (this will take some time), then it will automatically add you to TOR Server, and your Local IP will be changed.
- Now Check Your IP After you get connected, your Tor browser will open, and if you want to see the settings of your Network, click test Tor Network Settings to see if your IP has changed or not.
- Configure, Access Dark Web You will now see your new IP this will help you in Anonymous Surfing. Your Tor Browser is ready, you can surf the dark web in it. To surf Dark Web or sites with .onion extensions, you must know their URL, only then can you visit those websites.
- If we talk about Dark Web Facebook, this is its address: (❌Don't use your original Id and Password for login inside Dark Web❌) https://www.facebookcorewwwi.onion
- You can surf Facebook on the dark web by typing this URL into the browser.
Conclusion: what happens to the dark web?
Hopefully, you will have got all the information about the dark web. What is the Dark Web? How to Access? Let us know how much this article is informative to you.(Note: Working on Deep or Dark Web or using it is illegal. So, use it on your own risk. I'm not responsible for anything, as this article is only for educational purposes.)
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