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Where it all began

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So, now you know the dark web and its bad side. The new question is, why create such a thing at all? I will try to tell you the reason behind why such a thing was needed and who created it. Okay, so as you all know, every activity you do on the internet is traceable, and in most of the cases will be traced.  Now, in mid 1990s, as the internet was rapidly growing day by day, many people were concerned about their privacy. Many groups of people, agencies, and governments were worried about the traceability of the internet. The United States Federal government too shared the concern, and decided to act on it. So, the computer experts working for US navy started working on a new technology called Onion routing.  Onion routing was designed in such a way that the communication would be anonymous and the origin and end cannot be detected. Tor was successfully created and gave complete anonymity to the user, thus doing its job perfectly....

When you try the dark side..

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You might have come across many articles and videos about “The Dark Web” while surfing. Most of them discuss the disturbing and illegal aspects the dark web. But what is the experience of a person like me and you, with no deep knowledge about the Deep web, when we try to get a little taste of this dark and obscure side of the internet? So today, I will tell you what my experience was when I tried the dark web.  Those not familiar with the concept of the dark web, I will tell you all about it in my next blog. For now, just remember that accessing the dark web makes you completely anonymous, which means nobody can track you down, not even the police or the government. Now getting back to my experience: When I first accessed the dark web, I was very excited. I wanted to experience the spooky stuff that was shown in videos about the dark web. I firstly (as any beginner would opt to do) got the link for the hidden wiki. It was easy, all I had to do was type what I want...