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I noticed an earlier thread here, https://www.nairaland.com/2974732/dark-web, didn't get the attention it deserves.

I'm re-posting my comment in that thread here. Questions are welcome.

The dark web aka dark net [wikipedia][https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_web] is a part of the internet that uses peer-to-peer tor routing between you and the resource/url you want to visit. Here are some facts:

* It started, just like the regular internet (clear net), as a U. S. DARPA-funded project that eventually got taken over by a community of volunteers.
* The purpose of the project is to create anonymity online viz:
** Anonymity for you the user accessing a resource/url
** Anonymity for the server hosting the resource/url you're accessing
* Tor sites end with [.onion][https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.onion]
* To acesss .onion (tor) sites you need to use either of the following:
1. On windows: A modified version of firefox called the Tor Browser Bundle that can be downloaded [here][https://www.torproject.org/projects/torbrowser.html.en]
2. Use an operating system designed for anonymity online such as The Amnesic Incognito Live System[TAILS][https://tails.boum.org/]
3. On debian/linux or ubuntu: download the tor browser launcher, which downloads the tor browser bundle viz:
*** from your terminal or bash, type: sudo apt-get install torbrowser-launcher
4. Use gateway services such as Tor2web https://tor2web.org/

* People who've run into trouble with the law using tor sites did for one of the following:
* Distributing or watching child pornography (illegal in the U. S.)
* Distributing or selling drugs e. g. Silk road
* The dark net, however, hosts some resources/urls some people, especially researchers and students, can find useful. Some of them are:
** Scihub http://scihub22266oqcxt.onion/
** This site has a nice and large collection of books: http://clockwise3rldkgu.onion/libr/browse/category/allbooks
* If you're still curious after reading this long, you can check out the following resources for additional information:
** Quora: https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-deep-web-and-how-do-you-access-it
** http://www.sickchirpse.com/deep-web-guide/
* I've attached some screenshots. You can check them out.

Thanks, africanboy, for picking out the error in the posted link.

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Apologies for the initially wrong link.

I noticed the lack of information on this thread, so I'll try to provide some for the curious.
The dark web aka dark net [wikipedia][https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_web] is a part of the internet that uses encrypted peer-to-peer tor routing between you and the resource/url you want to visit. Here are the facts you need:
* It started, just like the regular internet (clear net), as a U. S. DARPA-funded project that eventually got taken over by a community of volunteers.
* The purpose of the project is to create anonymity online:
** Anonymity for you the user accessing a resource/url
** Anonymity for the server hosting the resource/url you're accessing
* Tor sites end with [.onion][https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.onion]
* To acesss .onion (tor) sites you need to use either of the following:
1. On windows: A modified version of firefox called the Tor Browser Bundle that can be downloaded [here][https://www.torproject.org/projects/torbrowser.html.en]
2. Use an operating system designed for anonymity online such as The Amnesic Incognito Live System[TAILS][https://tails.boum.org/]
3. On debian/linux or ubuntu: download the tor browser launcher, which downloads the tor browser bundle viz:
* from your terminal or bash, type: sudo apt-get install torbrowser-launcher
4. Use gateway services such as Tor2web https://tor2web.org/
* People who've run into trouble with the law using tor sites did for one of the following:
* Distributing or watching child pornography (illegal in the U. S.)
* Distributing or selling drugs e. g. Silk road
* The dark net, however, hosts some resources/urls some people, especially researchers and students, can find useful. Some of them are:
* Scihub http://scihub22266oqcxt.onion/
* This site has a nice and large collection of books: http://clockwise3rldkgu.onion/libr/browse/category/allbooks
* If you're still curious after reading this long, you can check out the following resources for additional information:
* Quora: https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-deep-web-and-how-do-you-access-it
* http://www.sickchirpse.com/deep-web-guide/
* I've attached some screenshots. You can check them out.
* You can drop questions and i'll try to hang around awhile to answer them.