What Is the Dark Web?
A good portion of the internet is not accessible through search engines like Google or Bing. Some of these are obvious: your webmail client, your social media accounts, your online banking accounts, your bank statements, content hidden behind paywalls, and the like. Others are deindexed by search engines intentionally. And still, others are, by design, not indexed. This is the deep web. The dark web is a subset of websites where (often) illegal activities take place. If you don’t know how to remove personal information from Google searches, it’s possible that data broker sites have collected and sold your personal details. The buyer might have posted your name, address, and other personally identifiable data on the dark web. What Is the Dark Web Used for? The dark web is often hidden behind encryptions and sometimes can only be accessed by particular browsers. Behind this veil of secrecy, drugs, stolen credit card numbers, personal information, and more...