The Deep Web

[runlvlzero]

Going to create this in a new post because its a wonderfully relevant comment from an Original character of slashdot. This guy is wise beyond yoda.

It's not that simple ... (Score:5, Insightful)
by Taco Cowboy (5327) on Sunday November 10, 2013 @09:01PM (#45387839) Journal

And if you just enjoy playing god, well, go into the City, or start up your own business. If you're that good, then you can perform in plain sight, can't you?

Speaking from experience here ... it's not that simple

I started to plan for my escape from China way back in the late 1960's because of the social madness created by Mao back then.

Thongs of mindless assholes with red armband parading on the street, waving that little red book and plunged the Chinese society into total darkness.

Those of us with brains knew that the things coming from Mao were bullshit, but those without brains who embraced Mao's bullshit outnumbered us 1000 to 1.

So we ran, and ran, and finally I got to Hongkong.

From Hongkong I ended up in the United States, and at that time, the U. S. of A. was a paradise, a place where brainy people get to do whatever they want to do without having fear of official repression.

Some 40 odd years have passed, and the United States is turning into just like Mao's China ...

Everything coming from Washington D.C. is pure bullshit, and the things I have noticed right now is that the mindless fucktards who bought into Washington D.C.'s bullshit are outnumbering those who know better.

While the society in the United States of American haven't plunged into darkness yet, there is no certainty that it won't.

When the controlling regime got desperate ~ (Mao's reign at that time was in danger of collapsing from within, motivating Mao in his encouragements to the mindless assholes with red armbands creating social havoc), ~ they will do anything to remain in charge.

And if (and when) the regime which is reigning over Washington D.C. (democrats _ and_ republicans) is in danger of collapsing, there is NO TELLING what they would do.

To make the matter worse ... they have a lot of very powerful tools Mao couldn't even begin to dream of 50 years ago.

I am an American now, and I am looking at my adopted country, the United States of America, with the same dismay as Mao's China, back in the 1960's.

Notice the UID in the 5000 range there.

In brief, right now all this is about MONEY $$. But believe me the powerbase and infrastructure is in for thing to get much worse.

[Noselacri]

I looked around on the Deep Web and Hidden Wiki once but almost every link was dead. I didn't click on any pedo links, but the other porn seemed no different from what you'll find on the surface. There was a lot of huge databases of music and movies and shit, but everything was so insanely slow that I wouldn't want to download anything from there, let alone gigs worth of stuff you can just torrent. Loading a simple page often took like 20+ seconds. The Tor browser basically connects you through like a dozen proxies or something, so it takes fucking ages to get around.

The drugs stuff looked legit and the Silk Road definitely seemed to be a thing, but I wouldn't trust that shit in the slightest. You're basically sending money to a complete stranger and hoping he'll deliver the goods, knowing that you can do nothing about it if he doesn't. Even if you make sure to buy from people with positive reviews or whatever, I've heard that sellers often conduct legit business just long enough to get a big order and then pocket the money and start over with a new name. Obviously it's illegal as hell, too -- I think you can get charged with drug trafficking if you order drugs from someone in another country who then mails it to you, so we're not just talking possession here.

Aside from drugs, the market had shit like services for Facebook likes, page hits, DDoS a site for x days, password lists for all sorts of crap like "model" sites and all manner of premium services like megavideo etc. Also loads and loads of used and/or stolen shit, bootleg DVDs, everything like that. The Deep Web also has a shitload of forums and image boards for kids who think they're edgy, but the ones I looked at were all pretty deserted and had nothing remotely interesting on them. They're called shit like the Onion 4chan, Ukranian Nationalist Youth Front, Satanic Poetry Club and other such retardation.

You don't need government software to access it. Actually you can access it directly through your regular browser without changing anything at all, but that's a pretty bad idea if you want to be safe. Most people use the Tor browser which, when configured correctly, gives as close to complete anonymity as you can get online -- which is to say that you can never be 100% safe as you always leave a digital trail, but it can be obscure enough that nobody is realistically going to find you unless you do something that starts a huge Interpol investigation or some shit.

The tricky part is actually finding the websites because they have URLs like dsf8a2dsf7a8sdoqxf5a.onion.to and you can't just google that shit, the thing that makes it the "deep web" is basically that it doesn't show up on search engines so you need to be told the address. I imagine these get shared on questionable boards and such, and there's a ton on the hidden wiki which is like the deep web's entry portal, but most of those links are dead and I imagine the more shady stuff isn't on there anyway. They don't advertise child prostitutes at the door, most of the stuff a newbie can find is pretty benign and would at worst get you on some kind of ISP warning list if you tried really hard.

The Deep Web isn't like a different internet, it's just a bunch of websites and databases that don't show up on any search engine and have obscure URLs that nobody would ever think to try without being told about them, so all sorts of shit goes on there. It's legal and pretty safe to browse superficially, but don't try to scratch the surface if you're worried about your ISP, and definitely don't use the facilities unless you know what you're doing. If you just want to have a peek at the Hidden Wiki, you could probably just straight up do it from Firefox or whatever. You can find a link if you google a bit, the wiki is basically the deep web's tourist front. It's mostly just long lists of categorized links to .onion sites and 75% of them are dead or no worse than 4chan level stuff. There are definitely links to supposed child porn sites right there in the open, but I didn't feel compelled to try my luck with those and I doubt they're legit anyway.

https://kpvz7ki2v5agwt35.onion.to/wi....php/Main_Page -- simply visiting the wiki is perfectly safe and legal, you don't need to use the Tor browser or anything, just don't go digging without taking precautions. You can get an idea of what's there by just scrolling down the main page a bit.

[Swish]

Sounds like a breeding ground for cunts that like to install trojans on your laptop ^