The document discusses the different layers of the web including the surface web, deep web, and dark web. The dark web can only be accessed through special browsers like TOR and is known as a haven for illegal activities such as drug dealing, weapons trading, and insider trading. It uses bitcoin as its currency which provides anonymity and makes transactions difficult to trace. The TOR browser and bitcoin currency provide security and anonymity that enable illicit use on the dark web.
THE DIFFERENT ASPECTSOF THE WEB
A. Surface Web
-anything that is indexed and can be searched by search engines such
as google
B. Deep Web
-anything that is not indexed and can’t be searched by search engines
C. Dark Web
-a small portion of the Deep Web
4.
THE DARK WEB
Websitesin the dark web are intentionally hidden and can only be accessed
through a special web browser such as the TOR (the Onion Router)
browser
It is known to be a haven for illegal or illicit activities/transaction: drug
dealing, gun/arms trading, buying identities, and insider trading to name a
few
Uses Bitcoins as the currency
5.
DEEPER INTO THEDARK WEB
• The Onion Router browser
-this browser has mullite layers, hence the name onion, for security
purposes. The different layers mask the IP addresses of those who
are accessing the sites within the Dark Web. This makes tracing the
users practically impossible
6.
• Bitcoins
-digital currencycreated by Santoshi nakamoto (an alias) in 2009
-there are no middlemen, such as bank institutions, which mean that
the transaction fees are lower
-the sender nor the receiver of the bitcoin can’t be traced which
makes it the perfect currency for the Dark Web
-the transactions are logged in a public ledger using the wallet IDs of
the Users, not their names