Category Archives: Dark Web

Open Bazaar (previously known as DarkMarket) has a major advantage over the now closed Silk Road – it is peer to peer. That means no central website that the authorities can take down. DarkMarket works in a fundamentally different way … Continue reading →

If the purpose of the Dark Web was just the sharing of information for free – information that perhaps is illegal in the real world – then it would probably do okay. I’m sure there are existing hidden networks that … Continue reading →

It looks like the awesome anonymity of TOR meant that router operators were lax about general security. Well, however it happened, the authorities have hacked their way into the DarkNet and pulled the plug on a number of blackmarket sites, … Continue reading →

When Silk Road – the online bazaar for drugs, weapons and more – was taken down by US authorities, aficionados wondered how long it would take for replacements to arrive, if they would be better or worse. Based on the … Continue reading →

As far as search engines go these days, Grams is pretty basic. http://www.wired.com/2014/04/grams-search-engine-dark-web/ Yet it is adding to the growth of the Dark Web, and I am noting how it mimics the early days of the common web known to … Continue reading →