Have you ever heard the term ‘Dark Web’? If not, lets first understand.
To reach most websites, all you need to do is to type in the address of the site in the browser, and press enter. If you don’t know the exact address (URL – Universal Resource Locator) of the website, you can always use a search engine like Google to find it.
But there is a set of websites that cannot be reached using our standard browsers like Chrome, Firefox, IE, Edge etc. Nor are these sites indexed on any search engine’s database. This set of websites, discussion forums, etc. make up what is called the “Dark Web”.
These websites are created for illegal activities, or for hacking. Think about it, if legitimate trade has become online (e-commerce), won’t illegal trade do the same? But an illegal activity remains an illegal activity, and the people behind these websites must remain hidden from the police.
Update on 3rd January 2018:
So far, it was not possible to understand how many such sites exist, what each one of them does, or get any information about any website in the Dark Web.
For the first time ever, a company called Aleph Networks, based in France, has created what can be called the Google of the Dark Web. Over the last 5 years, Aleph has indexed 1.4 billion links and 450 million documents across 1,40,000 dark web websites.
Such a resource will help the police all over the world. Think of it as an encyclopaedia of thieves from all over the world. Think of the power it would give to the cyber police.
To reach most websites, all you need to do is to type in the address of the site in the browser, and press enter. If you don’t know the exact address (URL – Universal Resource Locator) of the website, you can always use a search engine like Google to find it.
But there is a set of websites that cannot be reached using our standard browsers like Chrome, Firefox, IE, Edge etc. Nor are these sites indexed on any search engine’s database. This set of websites, discussion forums, etc. make up what is called the “Dark Web”.
These websites are created for illegal activities, or for hacking. Think about it, if legitimate trade has become online (e-commerce), won’t illegal trade do the same? But an illegal activity remains an illegal activity, and the people behind these websites must remain hidden from the police.
Update on 3rd January 2018:
So far, it was not possible to understand how many such sites exist, what each one of them does, or get any information about any website in the Dark Web.
For the first time ever, a company called Aleph Networks, based in France, has created what can be called the Google of the Dark Web. Over the last 5 years, Aleph has indexed 1.4 billion links and 450 million documents across 1,40,000 dark web websites.
Such a resource will help the police all over the world. Think of it as an encyclopaedia of thieves from all over the world. Think of the power it would give to the cyber police.
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