> the dark web, a part of the Internet often associated with drugs, weapons, and child porn.
Indeed, due to journalists perpetuating that meme on and on again. Thanks for strengthening the bad image, Atlantic.
Indeed, due to journalists perpetuating that meme on and on again. Thanks for strengthening the bad image, Atlantic.
The accompanying graphics were things like dark hooded figures in silhouette and images of credit cards being scanned on something resembling a flatbed scanner. The whole thing was a real reminded of why I never watch network news unless there's something very local and "breaking" that's going on in my city.
It is one of the most common ways for distributing those three things, so yes, that "meme" is correct.
http://www.networkworld.com/article/3031661/internet/drugs-g...
Doubtless a significant percentage of child porn is distributed that way, but I'm under the impression they prefer to use Tor to access encrypted blobs others host for them, like on Usenet. I've met many drug users, but only two of them were even aware of hidden services. And however many guns are sold on hidden services will never compare to the number purchased by the US military, or sold at gun conventions, etc.
Every time a journalist writes that it is "often associated with" it gradually becomes more associated with it.
Every time a misguided journalist writes about the "underground drug-web", which is shaped like the underneath of an iceberg, and 1000x larger than the "real" Internet, Tim Berners-Lee sheds a tear. /s
Please make it stop.
DEAR NSA: THE FACT THAT I RESEARCHED THIS DOES NOT MEAN YOU GET TO KICK MY DOOR DOWN NOW. THANK YOU.
Would not be surprised if some people ignore this.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_Collection_Service