What is the Dark Web?

martin-f said:
Just watching a programme about hackers and the dark web on bbc 1, one women lost £45.000 :eek:.

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You need the Tor web browser to get into the dark web, a normal browser such as Internet Explorer or Firefox or Chrome cannot get into it. The Tor web browser is customised to be able to access it. Once you are in there you need to know the web addresses of the black sites or use a dark web search engine to try to find some sites. There plenty guff in there to keep you amused, drugs for sale, guns, services offered to ruin peoples lives, all sorts of gubbins.
 
Have lots of dark webs on my ceiling...is that the same thing??
 
moonbase said:
You need the Tor web browser to get into the dark web, a normal browser such as Internet Explorer or Firefox or Chrome cannot get into it. The Tor web browser is customised to be able to access it. Once you are in there you need to know the web addresses of the black sites or use a dark web search engine to try to find some sites. There plenty guff in there to keep you amused, drugs for sale, guns, services offered to ruin peoples lives, all sorts of gubbins.
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Thanks Dave, they had peoples credit cards for sale, they was showing you on tv,

There plenty guff in there to keep you amused, drugs for sale, guns, services offered to ruin peoples lives, all sorts of gubbins
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Sounds like where I used to live then, nothing new :-lol
 
I once visited that place by installing Freenet ...and had a dedicated PC running for a while in order to explore ..
Soon realised it wasn't the sort of place I wanted to visit ...but curiosity got the better of me..
I eventually flattened and reused the drive ...as although there was nothing incriminating on it ...I didn't want to be linked in any way.
Yes it is a Tor based system ..where each pc in the sharing/web/system carries but a small fragment of the whole ...
They prefer to call it the underweb or undernet I believe..
Nuff said..
Not a nice place though it has it's uses ..such as getting restricted data out of censored trouble spots etc..
My advice ..fwiw..
Stay away and crush your curiosity..
 
The Tor browser was developed by the United States Naval Research Laboratory in the early 1990s and was further developed by DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) in 1997 with the purpose of providing secure intelligence communications online.

It is widely used for many illegal and criminal pursuits including drug trafficking, money laundering (via Bitcoins), child mature content, sale of weapons and ammunition, sale of credit card numbers, paypal account details and services including hit men. Most of these are/were available at illegal marketplaces such as Silk Road - Silk Road (marketplace) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 
I just thought they forgot to put up streetlights there... :D
 
Just my tuppence, the Dark Web is certainly interesting to read about and observe from a documentary standpoint but from everything i have been told first hand from people that have or do move around in that area of the net my advice would be to stay well clear of it....

Unless of course you know how to properly protect yourself against all the hidden nasties and vulnerabilities that lay in wait, i know this may sound over dramatic but some people who have moved around in those areas have broken the law without even knowing they were doing so

I am not claiming to be any kind of expert, i am not at all, but just be very careful if you decide to go down that silky road (pun intended)
 
Journey said:
Unless of course you know how to properly protect yourself against all the hidden nasties and vulnerabilities that lay in wait,
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From what I could make out from the programme last night J its this side of the net we have to be just as carful, ive put a few extra bits of security in place, I don't bank online the only thing I have is PayPal, i have read can be breached but I presume we are protected against this type of fraud ?.
 
martin-f said:
From what I could make out from the programme last night J its this side of the net we have to be just as carful, ive put a few extra bits of security in place, I don't bank online the only thing I have is PayPal, i have read can be breached but I presume we are protected against this type of fraud ?.
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I personally think those of us that use the web for 'normal' activities (email, internet banking, web forums, news sites etc.....) have nothing to do really worry about, as long as we are sensible, careful and keep our wits about us

Don't open any email from anybody you do not recognise, even if you do recognise the sender don't open any attachments just to be on the safe side

I always use a good (paid for) Internet Security package, which up until now has kept me safe on the internet

I think a lot comes down to common sense, although that said my mother fell for an online con, she had a popup on her computer telling her that her system was locked and she had to phone a number to unlock it etc..... she ended up being scammed out of £90 (which she did manage to claim back via her credit card company when i intervened), however due to that one moment of madness on her behalf she is now on some sort of list that scammers pass around and she received many letters and phone calls trying to scam her

A very hard lesson learnt on her part
 
I only ever use my credit card online, never my debit card. If anybody does use my card i'm covered so no major issues as far as i'm concerned. I've never been had online although i have had my credit card cloned before now when i used a petrol station a few years ago whilst in Leeds.

I also use rapport as well as my usual Internet security software when using online banking.

Nano
 
Me and the wife bank with the Halifax, there are very good, a few years ago someone managed to take a small amount from our bank, the Halifax was straight onto it letting us know and nipping it in the bud, they said they try for a small amount then go for the bigger pot

When we go abroad we have to inform them when and where, I good thing to have in place :).
 
My Captital One credit card keeps getting stopped every time is use a pay at the pump petrol station as it only ever authorises a pound and then takes the full amount the following day after the pump polls off. I only ever use one of three stations which they are well aware of. If their crappy piece of fraud software hasn't learned how i use my card after 8 years theres no chance it ever will.

Its a pain in the arse as they always do it on the weekend when surprise surprise the department that deals with it doesn't work so i have to wait until Monday before i can use my card again, but only after speaking to some bint at a call center outside of the UK .

I have a new card on standby now, next time they do it they will be receiving the card back in little pieces with a letter telling them what they can do with their card :D
 
Just watched the program , very interesting.
Having just had my card replaced due to some scumbag using it in the states to try & book a hotel I was especially interested in it.
I don't buy much online & mostly use PayPal but I'm now interested in using one of the Payg debit cards available for anything brought on the web
 
I have one of those, providing there is money in your account it just debits it as if you were using a normal debit card. Can be used anywhere that shows the mastercard symbol, although it doesn't work at a Pay at the pump.
 
Manicscrewdriver said:
I have one of those, providing there is money in your account it just debits it as if you were using a normal debit card. Can be used anywhere that shows the mastercard symbol, although it doesn't work at a Pay at the pump.
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My better half has said its a good idea to get one. The post office do a pre paid debit card - it may not be the cheapest on the market but having a post office just around the corner from me make it easy to put credit on it.

Can't stand those pay at the pump things , give me person to person contact any day.
 
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