The Dark Web

We have heard of the dark web. But what is actually sold on it? The Dark Web infographic from Weforum.org reports the revenue totals from 3 categories; illegal drugs, prescription drugs, and non-drugs.

We often hear about the dark web being linked to terrorist plots, drug deals, knife sales and child pornography, but beyond this it can be hard to fully understand how the dark web works and what it looks like.

Just like the forest, the dark web hides things well – it hides actions and it hides identities. The dark web also prevents people from knowing who you are, what you are doing and where you are doing it. It is not surprising, then, that the dark web is often used for illegal activity and that it is hard to police.

Off the paths it is almost impossible to find anything – unless you know what you’re looking for – so it feels a bit like a treasure hunt. Because really the only way to find anything in this vast forest is to be told where to look. This is how the dark web works – and it is essentially the name given to all the hidden places on the internet.

So just for a minute imagine that the whole internet is a forest – a vast expanse of luscious green as far as the eye can see. And in the forest are well worn paths – to get from A to B. Think of these paths as popular search engines – like Google – allowing you as the user the option to essentially see the wood from the trees and be connected. But away from these paths – and away from Google – the trees of the forest mask your vision.

Good use of proportional circle sizes to represent the dollar values!

Found on Weforum.org

Comments

[Heli Hian]

Its very strange, not involve in drugs but already heard about it ...but this much can be happen with this , illegally ....its black money..not in system, so where is this huge amount of money going on...

[online timesheet]

Ireland’s reputation for heavy drinking is well deserved. Not only did Ireland have higher rates of drinkers at risk of dependence (AUDIT score of 20 or more), they report needing to drink more alcohol than almost any other country to get as drunk as they would want to be but they also had the highest rates of getting more drunk more often than they wanted to, thinking their doctor would tell them to drink less, attending A&E after drinking more often and perhaps thankfully the highest proportion of drinkers who want to drink less in the coming year

[ja]

first sentence under graphic, prescription misspelled.

[Randy]

Fixed it. Thanks for the catch!

[academic writing services]

The article seems to be good to get some information about the changes in the game and so we can play the game well. Thank you so much for sharing the rules and regulations here.

[Ross Alisha]

Seriously,If i can read all your coments and I know shag..all,on how these systems work,then it can't be all that private can it???? Come on guys wheres the real justification for all the big who ha about the so called dark web

[Ross Alisha]

It's funny. I just heard about the darknet about a week ago from my 14 year old son. This is the third time I have run into a mention of it since then. Isn't that always the way? Thanks the info! I'll leave exploring it to the more adventurous.

[Deepweb links]

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[Deepweb links]

"The name ""darknet"" is apropos. It just goes to show that people are not always ""good."" There's a whole lot of weirdness out there. That being said, I am glad that some people still hold themselves to a higher standard--but I also tend to think that this standard is a learned behavior, and not necessarily a given. At any rate, humans are lead astray rather easily...

Your article is very compelling and gives one plenty of food for thought. Up, useful, interesting."