What is the dark side of the Internet?For the uninitiated who have heard such a term for the first time, it will seem something very mysterious and, perhaps, even frightening. And this one has its own background. The whole horror also lies in the fact that, despite the colorful epithet, the dark side of the Internet is more than a real phenomenon, information about which is recommended for reading only for superficial familiarization and in no case calls for active use.
What it is?
The dark side of the Internet impliesanonymity. That is, it is an opportunity to “surf” over the network, without leaving a trace behind it. And although it can be done without any malicious intent, under such conditions a lot of not-so-legitimate, or rather, completely illegal cases are created. That’s the dark side of the Internet.
What can it be for?
Network over network - here is a brief description."darknet". What the dark side of the Internet is fraught with, how to get there - many other issues-nuances are now becoming topical. And all because they provide access to blocked sites, of which now (considering all sorts of laws against piracy) is becoming more and more.
And, of course, ordinary human curiosity.Sometimes it makes the user go on the other side of the Internet - good, it sounds intriguing and promising. Well, in a sense, it is. But, unfortunately, not in the best.
Two sides of the coin, or How it was
The Internet is a powerful, uncontrollable element.He plays in the life of modern people is not the last role. No wonder that the authorities of many countries would like to subordinate him to themselves - still, such a means of mind control! The freedom-loving "users" and advanced "hackers", however, resist with dignity and honor. And so it happened that the World Wide Web was divided: into the visible part, like the sites provided by search engines, and the invisible, dark, providing anonymity, which means more freedom and space. But freedom is a dangerous thing, and you can dispose of it in different ways. For most people, it turns the head, and the risk that walking on sharp edges gives only provoke. But this is not something to play with.
How to get there?
Continuing to talk about what darkness meansside of the internet. How to get there? Well, it seems not so difficult from the outside: a special client is used for this - that is, a specific browser with which you can go to specific sites. It uses the domains .onion.
When the dark side of the Internet is mentioned, TOR immediately pops up in conversations. This is the name of the most necessary client. He is not one of a kind, but the most popular.
How does he work?
"Thor" forms a chain of encrypted connections:Thus, when you go to a specific site, the user leaves no trace. Anonymity is granted not only to “users” who want to visit resources, the legality of which is being questioned (pirated torrent trackers are the most innocent of them), but also to such sites themselves.
What is the trick?
A question might arise: that is, it is not such an invisible, dark side of the Internet? “Thor” is not such a hidden fact, and the articles on this topic are also Nemer.
It can be said that the principle of "hiddenin plain sight. "TOR works with so-called onion routing, the network connection of which cannot be traced. The client may be known, as well as the technology, there are also instructions on how to access the dark side of the Internet. But how to find out who else is using it, whose website offers illegal services or sells illegal trade - the question is much more complicated.
Underwater rocks
A multi-step, tangled route thatoffers "Thor", provides a certain level of anonymity required by one or another user But, as you know, every action is opposed, and not everything becomes so simple. Tracking a user can be done with the help of malicious software, in a simple way - viruses, for example, well-known "Trojans". Such software is implemented directly into the browser and instead of anonymity, the usual “user” receives a “cat in a bag” as a gift from some “hacker” who has posted an infected Tor-client in free access.
How to access the onion site?
Первое действие – скачивание и установка directly "Torah". It can be taken from the official site. The download package, in turn, contains everything you need: the client itself to access the network, and a proxy server, which will cut out “excess” traffic, and a program that helps you conveniently manage all this goodness that ensures anonymity and unhindered surfing on the "invisible side of the Web".
Then you can start searching for resources.For beginners, it is recommended to start with hidden Wikipedia, which will redirect the user where he wishes, and it would be good if this were communication on innocuous anonymous forums.
More alternatives
By the way, not only Tor gives access to"There is still FreeNet - in fact, not a client, but a data warehouse and YaCy (is a search engine). I2P is also developing rapidly. Now it is the most technically advanced one.
I2P was called the "network of absolute paranoids",because she has the highest level of anonymity. On the other hand, this also causes a major drawback - malfunctions in work and low speed, which is spent on constant re-encryption and changing of tunnels. Enhanced cryptography loads not only the browser, but also the computer's processor, through which the access to the dark side of the Internet is carried out, and this has its own, not bright, consequences.
Advantages and disadvantages of TOR
A very common TOR, on the one hand, provides anonymity and comfortable “surfing”, and on the other hand, it is already blocked in many countries. But, in general, it is for the best.
The essence of building a network TOR
The network is built by volunteers settingexit points. They provide completely anonymous channels for accessing sites. Resources on the .onion domain are the internal Torah sites, in essence, hidden web servers. This is a double-level anonymity: on the one hand, you cannot track the site owner, on the other hand, neither he (the owner) nor anyone else can track a visitor.
Locking resources is also very problematic - great difficulty in determining the location of the site server.
Network nodes are divided into:
- those through which traffic passes are relays;
- those through which access to the "big" Internet, that is, giving access to blocked sites, for example, pirated torrent trackers, etc., are exit-nodes;
- those that are used in countries where the "Thor" is prohibited - they are called "bridges".
Edit Warnings
Anonymity is not for nothing called absolute.A little chance of surveillance is still there. In addition, the ability to be "revealed" increases if you perform rash actions: for example, to enter passwords. In the darknet is almost the most stupid act that you can do.
The open list of relays also causes concern.What does it threaten with? In the world, this means that "Thor" is completely or partially blocked on many sites of the "light" Internet. Wikipedia, for example, does not allow to edit articles through it.
Don't jump into the rabbit mink, Alice ...
Curiosity, as they say, the cat was killed. So before you rush into the pool, and in this particular case - darknet, you should first read what can be found there.
So, the most popular topics on the other side of the Internet:
- 18+, sex services;
- social networks are also intimate;
- politics (current Ukrainian issues);
- trade in illegal means (weapons, drugs, bitcoin currency);
- stolen databases, stolen bank card data;
- closed resources, access to which is blocked even by most users of the "darknet".
Is it worth it?
All the topics listed are not innocent jokes, butreal, actively developing crime. It is on the dark side of the Internet that the killers freely place their announcements about services, and the “dark”, or as it is also called, hidden WikiPedia, provides for reading articles about pedophilia and other perversions - not a purely scientific language, with criminal penalties, but in form of instructions to help the "beginner". The darknet forums are actively trading: methamphetamine, cocaine, heroin, fake passports and government data. Going there is like a "bad neighborhood" on the streets. And the worst thing is all this is real. So, is it worth that simple curiosity? After all, in the end, this is a problem that needs to be solved.
