Dark Web Acquires the Corporate Status
Dark Web is a mysterious place which is sometimes also referred to as ominous by some of the researchers and skeptics. The reason is that they view the Dark Web links as such a place where the normal user might have to stay away because of the markets that exists. These markets are known around the world for selling anything and everything that can be imagined. You think of it and it is available on these marketplaces. Hacking tools, weapons, drugs, child pornography and even freelance assassination services. And it is not a myth that whether actually these marketplaces on the Tor .onion directories sell these stuffs as it has been verified by law enforcement agencies and also cyber security researchers. But something has changed the way dark web marketplaces conduct business as most of them overhauled their business model. If there was a time when venturing online to buy these illegal items or banned substances was like taking your life in your hand in a dark alley, but today the experience is quite different.
Origins of Tor Browser
Just to give an overview of where Tor came from is what we are focusing in this particular segment. The idea was borne out of the project that was first thought by the United States. The name of the project was called the Tor project which was primarily developed by the Department of Navy to help operatives on the ground. The operating system that was developed by the Navy department was also given an alternate name called the Onion project because of the high level of encryption that was there in the project. Data traffic, location and the contents of the message is hidden behind a wall which acts like a radar that prevents any one accessing anything.
All the web pages and websites that are on the deep web links use the .onion Links extension. It was developed so that all the secure information remains safe and sound and does not fall into wrong hands. It was developed and used by the military during the initial stages and now it has become an open platform which is used by anyone who wants to use it. These websites are not searched or crawled by the traditional search engines as all the contents of the websites are full of login pages and permissions granting windows. The spider which is the term given to the crawler does not run through these dark web directories.
Darknet Markets and the Way It Operates
Darknet markets sell everything and anything and the most popular market that started the rise of these markets is the Silk Road. It was this infamous darknet market that started selling drugs, credit card information, laundered money in exchange of Bitcoin and what not. It was the rise of this marketplace that actually made the virtual asset popular around the world. The founder (Ross Ulbricht) of the marketplace have been arrested by the law Enforcement agency and the site has been defunct. But after the fall down of this market, similar markets have stood up and taken its place. If you have only purchased drugs in the black market, it is quite similar to buying stuff from the small store while there is a larger and bigger market place in the Tor .onion directories. Almost everything is available from these vendors which are plenty in number providing stuffs and banned materials to the various marketplaces. And almost are trying to get reach out to maximum customer by shelling out and providing them with the best quality stuff from their inventory.