Re: Dark Web: Tor and Onion
Nomen Nescio <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | alt.cypherpunks,alt.privacy.anon-server,comp.mobile.android |
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| Organization | dizum.com - The Internet Problem Provider |
| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
On 18 Sep 2025, Gabriel Coan <[email protected]> posted some news:[email protected]: > On 9/17/25 5:43 PM, Nomen Nescio wrote: >> When you think of the dark web, you might think of hackers, the >> Silk Road, and other illegal services that operate covertly and >> mysteriously. However, the essence of the dark web for anonymous >> communication is useful for more than just illicit behavior. >> The technologies that surround the dark web are used by >> journalists, people who need access to censored news sites, the >> U.S. military, and even people who just want to avoid annoying >> targeted ads. It may also surprise you that the infrastructure >> used to browse and communicate anonymously on the dark web is >> not so different than that of the internet we know now... >> >> https://itp.nyu.edu/networks/explanations/demystifying-the-dark-web-an >> -introduction-to-tor-and-onion-routing/ >> > > I've always wondered why the media seem to like to vilify things like > Tor. I guess it gets more views if they try to spin it into some dark > evil network, when in reality 99% of traffic on it is pretty > innocuous. It's not so much villification, rather associating it with fear. Fear attracts and sells to the ill-informed.