How big is the Dark Web? We are told through different avenues that it is estimated to be 450 to 500 times bigger than Facebook, Google and other "Surface Web" Internet based statistics?
We know it is relatively easy to access the "Dark Web" or "Deep Web" via TOR - Onion Rings, and via I2P - a Peer to Peer network and some other means? It is often illustrated as an Iceberg, i.e. 5 to 10% is above the Ocean surface and the other 80-95% is below the surface, hidden within silo's containing many diverse active groups, and unscrupulous means of making money. In fact it is said that the Information Crime world that exists is in fact the third most successful financial organisation in the world.
Do people use the Dark Web for intelligence gathering? And is it really 80-95% greater in size than the "Surface Web"?
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Caute_cautim
@Caute_cautim wrote:How big is the Dark Web? We are told through different avenues that it is estimated to be 450 to 500 times bigger than Facebook, Google and other "Surface Web" Internet based statistics?
We know it is relatively easy to access the "Dark Web" or "Deep Web" via TOR - Onion Rings, and via I2P - a Peer to Peer network and some other means? I
Grandpa Rob @rslade is right, you cannot have this discussion without adequately defining Dark Web. Your posting implies you are considering one extant understanding, that the Dark Web is the intentionally hidden web supporting criminal and other nefarious purposes, tappable only through TOR. Rob, however, presents an equally well understood definition, that is web content not discoverable by Google or other standard web search tools. There is a HUGE amount of data in the latter that is not nefarious at all, but simply organizational or enterprise data behind access servers with only IP addresses and no domain registrations. Enterprise users reach those servers by using the IP addresses, and (we hope) additional IDAM confirmation.
Craig
Check out this Naked Security article, or the BBC on the Dark Web or the New York Times on the Dark Web.