Some of the Frequently Asked Questions About the Dark Web Got Answered!

The internet is flooded with questions, assumptions and clarifications regarding the dark web. The presence of such things on the internet is not that unobvious but what is most striking is the fact that the darknet is still playing mysterious. Just for the basic question that most of the time pops up on our head when we look at the various terms on the dark web, is the confusion between dark web and darknet. Very few have actually understood the thin line difference between both the terms. In order to clarify, it can be said that dark web is just a smaller fragment of the deep web, which is a bigger section of the total internet. Both dark web and deep web forms a network which is known as the darknet. But generally people happen to use the terms interchangeably.

There are more such doubts about the dark web that are yet not cleared. In this article, we have tried all the means to club some of the most frequently asked questions about the dark web, deep web and the darknet in general. So stay tuned till the end to find out if you have also been digging on these questions off lately.

Can the Dark Web Infect Your System with Viruses?

The straightforward answer to this question is yes. Moving around the various deep weblinks and websites might appear to be quite easy and not pose much threat. But the fact is that it is not that safe to roam about anywhere in the dark web by visiting the hidden wiki links. Some websites do possess the capability to infect your devices with viruses when to try to visit any of the random links. There are a lot of various kinds of the viruses that are available on the darknet that you need to watch out for. Also, keep in mind that you should not randomly download any of the files from anything on the dark web.

Can The Dark Web Be Ceased Ever?

It is virtually impossible to shut down the dark web completely. The same thing goes with the deep web and the darknet. This is because they are not a single set of sites but a network of sites that requires special protocols or software in order to find them. Closing down the network would actually mean shutting down all of the site and relay. In case of the Tor web browser, this would refer to simultaneous shutting down over 7000 secret nodes worldwide. One of the biggest barriers of shutting down the dark web completely is the fact that not everything happening on the darknet is illegal which further implies that there are no real grounds for shutting it down. There are some legal works conducted on the hidden wiki such as setting up support networks for survivors of abuse, or just running a literary magazine.

Can You Be Killed While Using the Dark Web?

Well, not exactly. Dark Web is a set of hidden wiki links, some of which could be risky to access. You can end up getting yourself hacked or get your system infected with a certain virus if you do not take care of your privacy or download random files while on the dark web. As far as getting killed is concerned, a service called the hire-a-hitman is often pointed out on the dark web where you can get a specific person killed by paying a hitman on the dark web with certain amount of Cryptocurrency. You might have to state how you want the hitman to kill the person. In this context, it can be said that some of the identities on the dark web stating them to be a hitman could be fraud. They could mean this way to get to your Bitcoin.

Can Crimes Be Traced on the Dark Web?

There are 50-50 chances of getting the crimes traced on the darknet. While deep web is not utilized for the criminal purposes or criminal intentions, dark web on the other hand boosts criminal practices. Although Tor works as a means to mask your identity on the dark web, yet it does not assure that any of the criminal activities done on the dark web or through it cannot be traced. There are even instances on this matter where the law enforcement has actually busted the cyber criminals through honey-pot operations where the law enforcement officials posed to be a random customer in the darknet market, ordered illegal stuffs and caught the ones delivering them leading to exposure of the malicious rings. Some of the well-known kingpins were arrested as well while some of the darknet markets have been busted every now and then. There are even instances where most of the criminals thriving on the dark web have had a long journey on the same going unnoticed by the law enforcement officials.

Which Darknet Markets Should We Use?

Darknet markets keep coming and going where some take a halt for some time owing to maintenance. While in some other cases the reason for halt could be DDoS attack or exit scam as well. Thus, to this question there is no definitive answer so as to which darknet markets should you have considered visiting or making an order. You have to keep up with the markets on Dread so that you are updated in no time. You should be most careful while visiting these darknet markets and not randomly buy stuffs without proper verification.

This brings us to the end of the article where we have actually cleared doubts on some of the most frequently asked questions on the dark web, deep web and darknet. This is not it to the list. There are many of them but clubbing all in one article is not possible but whatever we have clubbed here are the top requested ones owing to time and place they have been asked.