If you are completely unaware of what the Darknet is (its other name is “dark web”), then I will explain - this is one of the most popular parts of the invisible network “Deep Web” (literally “deep web”), which according to some estimates is up to 96% from the Internet visible to us. Invisible, or dark, it is called because of its inaccessibility using ordinary browsers.
Created in the 1970s, the Darknet was intended to secure the use of networks isolated from the ARPANET (a computer network created in 1969 by the US Department of Defense), and it was from it that the Internet, well known to us, subsequently originated.
To get into the mysterious world of sites with the.onion extension, which means onion, is possible only with the help of special browsers, the main of which is Tor. Downloading this software, due to your safety, is strongly discouraged from unofficial sources.
Many are very afraid to visit the dark web because of the myths and prejudices that exist in a huge abundance about it. The most widespread of which are groundless rumors about treacherous hackers and incurable computer viruses that lie in wait for you there, at every step. In fact, the ordinary Internet, in this respect, is even more unsafe, but for some reason no one is afraid of it. The Darknet is just a platform for anonymous trading, and the Tor browser is an invisible hat that provides your anonymity with a multi-level security system that makes the IP address absolutely invisible to ordinary browsers.
The dissemination of all the tales about the resources hidden from the all-seeing eye is beneficial only to the authorities who would like to stick their long nose absolutely everywhere, and for this, on everyone, and everything, around, they are ready to stick a terrifying label - "terrorists", and water abundantly shit. Remember the recent tricks from Telegram, which was recently banned in the Russian Federation, due to its too encrypted program code, and therefore, it also began to belong to the Darknet. And for journalists, businessmen and ordinary people, such networks are just a way to receive state-censored information, to conduct free, not imposed by draconian taxes, trade, and to feel a little freer and safer.
Therefore, all pro-government scarecrows aimed at demonizing the Darknet are designed exclusively for simpletons. In reality, however, the dark web is a "terrible secret" only for the authorities themselves. Although, I'm sure there are plenty of encrypted FSB officers there too.
You can use the Tor browser not only to access the Darknet resources, but also to the usual censorship shield, closed from us, for various reasons, often unknown to us.
Rospravosudie.com provided convenient access to the officially published jurisprudence of the Russian Federation. All documents submitted to rospravosudie.com were published by the courts.
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This is not prohibited in any way.
The individuals mentioned in the documents constantly complained about the work of the project. Their lawyers and police friends terrorized the project team with threats of civil and criminal prosecution.
Unfortunately, we do not have effective protection against such attacks. And we cannot afford to carry out such attacks against people who help in the work of the project."
Because of such actions, many useful resources are forced to go into the "dark web".
As in the regular Internet, the Darknet hosts forums, file sharing, torrents, catalogs, shops, and, of course, the most useful resources - libraries.
Aside from the good sides, the Darknet naturally has some really dark sides. But in such places, no one, no one, forcibly pulls, everyone who wants to go there themselves.
Author: Gennady Markelov