How the Dark Web started & History of Dark web

Jun 18
17:38

2020

S M Enayet Karim

S M Enayet Karim

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According to Pune Cyber Cell DCP Sudhir Hiremath, "No one can guess the size of the dark web or the scale of the businesses running on it. But there were reports that when the FBI closed 'Silk Road' for the first time. Only then did its business reach 120 million US dollars. "

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What is dark web?

The dark web is the corner of the Internet where many illegal businesses run. The Internet that we use is a very small part of the web world,How the Dark Web started & History of Dark web Articles which is called Surface Web. The Internet hidden under it is called Deep Web. According to an estimate, about 90 percent of the net of the Internet is hidden (deep web).

Deep web contains every page that the common search engines cannot find such as user database, staging level website, payment gateway etc.

The dark web is the corner of this deep web where thousands of websites run anonymously many black markets.

It is very difficult to find out how many websites, how many dealers and buyers are there.

According to Pune Cyber Cell DCP Sudhir Hiremath, "No one can guess the size of the dark web or the scale of the businesses running on it. But there were reports that when the FBI closed 'Silk Road' for the first time. Only then did its business reach 120 million US dollars. "

'Silk Road' was a huge drug market running on the dark web, which was first closed by the FBI in 2013.

When did the dark web start?

The Dark Web was started in the 1990s by the US Army, so that they could share their intelligence and no one could reach them. His strategy was to hide his message in the crowd's conversation so that he released it among the general public.

Through the dark web, home delivery of poison and dangerous drugs like cyanide is done.

DCP Hiremath states that "all types of weapons and contract killers are also found. It is also used to collect and send malware."

According to him, "The dark web is used most in India for drugs, child porn and piracy."

Different countries have different levels of local law and police vigilance, so the trend of these illegal businesses also varies according to the country.

Dark web fraudsters are also using it because fake passports, driving licenses and other ID proofs can also be found on it.

On the dark web, hackers possessing the reputation of stealing any kind of intelligence documents and tampering with government data are also found.

The news of the presence of terrorists also comes. It is said that an organization that calls itself Islamic State, collects donations and shares information through the dark web.

However, the police deny its use in the context of India in horror.

Very difficult to monitor

According to DCP Hiremath "There are special browsers to access the dark web which are layer-by-layer protected like onions."

Explaining further, the DCP says that "the work on the open Internet and common search engines can be monitored. Google tracks us everywhere but it is very difficult to spy on the dark web. The dark web uses the internet." But they have software that hides the IP address of the computer. So that it is not visible to us and we are not able to reach the real user. "

That is, the police do not know who is sitting on the dark web, what is selling or buying, or what is watching and showing.

This is the reason why the police is not able to completely stop the dark web which has become the base of criminals.

Payment is done by bitcoin

The dark web is like a digital market in itself except that it is illegal and buying and selling things found on it is also a crime.

Amazon and Flipkart also offer offers and freebies to entice and bring back customers - like one free with one, a few grams more.

Apart from this, you can also chat with the rest of the users present there.

Payments are made from cryptocurrencies like bitcoin. Cryptocurrency is the digital currency in which digital code is found instead of note or coin.

Cryptocurrency is also very difficult to keep track of, so it is used indiscriminately in illegal activities.

Why does the dark web attract youth?

In India, more than seven crore people are said to be under arrest, although no official data exists. In 2016, the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment had told that the government is going to conduct a survey with AIIMS, whose data will be available in 2018.

The Dark Web gives young people the three things they are looking for - adventure, anonymity and variety (risk, hidden convenience and options).

For example, Tarang, who was intoxicated since the age of 14, used to get an addiction of his choice easily before 2014.

He says, "Drugs are sold outside schools and colleges. Found in settlements. Rickshaw houses are given away. Even Panwadis keep rolling papers." But even after that, he went to the dark web because he felt more 'private' and 'thrilling'.