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Deep web secrets
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Deep web secrets, deep web secret archives or deep web hidden information covers a range of hypotheses and conspiracy theories about information that can allegedly be found on the deep web. It makes sense to people that if the deep web is 90% or more of the internet and that disturbing yet interesting ideas are associated with it, that answers must be out there, in the digital cabin in the woods[wp].
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[edit] Background
Much of the confusion about vastness of the information that can found can be traced back to the origins on the term deep web[wp], a search indexing term coined in 2000 from Michael Bergman, a search technology specialist with Bright Planet.[1]
Key ideas proposed were that of traditionally inaccessible areas of data being 'locked away' inside databases, intranets and behind logins. When one factors in the quantity of such information, it was estimated that as much as 90%[2] of theoretically indexable content could be classified as such. As such Bergman coined the now infamous analogy of an iceberg to represent the data mining potential this represented.
When combined with the hysteria surrounding Tor[wp], even fake top level domain names would become the subject to misinformation and intrigue.
[edit] Dark web influences
There are a number of unique patterns associated with the Tor dark web[wp], many of which are already the stuff of legend as they are so poorly understood and sensationalised in the media.
[edit] Drop Sites
Journalism sites such as Wikileaks[wp] and similar have been some of the most legitimate sites to run hidden services in order to completely deniably receive communications from whistle blowers. Meanwhile there are few-to-zero actual reports[3] of these channels being used as primary leak methodology, with USB sticks and strong encryption still preferred.
Convicted felon Matt DeHart[wp] claims to have received leaked FBI files via a Tor drop site in 2010, claiming to have been framed as part of a cover up of a CIA false flag attack. His case is highly controversial. Hidden service admin the Cthulhu[wp] has distributed torrent and magnet links of leaks via his hidden services, but as a means of providing a robust point of initial distribution, rather than doing so secretly.
The fact that reputable organisations are using the popular GlobaLeaks[wp] software in order to solicit tips and whistle blowing appears to have confused people into thinking that one can also find information via these same channels.
[edit] Doxing
Doxing site Doxbin[wp] which ran from the early days of Tor until May 2015 was a small but notorious site for posting personal information, often to solicit harassment against such people. Whilst it is no longer active, less established brands operate in the space, as well as clearnet based operations often associated with image board and Anonymous culture such as 8chan and Encyclopædia Dramatica.
Revenge porn[wp] sites where leaked intimate pictures are often deliberately mixed with personally identifiable information have maintained a small presence, in part due to new government legislation and crack downs against such sites operating on the clearnet. One notable example of revenge porn being Pink Meth. Unsurprisingly, people weren't too happy with the website including Operation Anonymous who took down 400 mirrors (overkill much?) and eventually the FBI which took the site down,[4][5] though a mirror exists.[6]
[edit] Porn and gore
The clearnet has porn, why not the deep web? The deep web ranges from "normie" porn to other things such as crush porn[wp] that sadists find sexual. The more well known example of porn on the deep web is child pornography, a topic which speaks for itself. Fetish sites are not unique to the darkweb, notable clearnet websites are Bestgore and gurochan; the latter has a deep web mirror.
[edit] Hacker communities
The well known presence of criminal hacker communities is both feared and respected.[citation needed] However it is possibly the association with the iCloud leaks of celebrity photos[wp] aka 'The Fappening' which caught many people's attention. Suggestions that illicitly acquiring such images may have been done in systemic groups,[7] based on trading[8] suggests parallels with the structure of the market for child pornography.
Higher-end hacker communities have found a home on the dark web, such as Hell, Dark0de[wp] and other Russian-language sites. Closed communities such as XDedic[wp] sell access to pre-compromised servers around the world, and many others lease botnets[wp] to execute a range of nefarious services. Still, these are not the type of information sought out by intrepid dark web explorers.[citation needed]
[edit] Darknet markets
Darknet markets[wp] such as pioneered by the Silk Road[wp] and successors are such a significant part of the bitcoin and dark web economy that crypto currencies often play a part in mythos. None the less, the nature of the feedback and escrow systems operated by the marketplaces and extended ecosystems mean that the better regulated forums remain relatively free of bogus vendors, trolls and misinformed buyers.[citation needed]
Individuals who deal in stolen data are often known as carders[wp] must participate in private communities to disseminate the first rounds of their stolen information and to establish a reputation[citation needed]. Established carders can often sell information directly to end fraudsters via darknet markets[wp]. None the less, this is not the 'secret information' people seek.[citation needed]
[edit] Beliefs
Due to the considerable conflation and confusion around the term "deep web", many infographics have been fabricated to suggest that the answer to any and all conspiracy theories may be found beyond this mysterious frontier. An October 2012 set of 'answer' was created on a paste which dismisses some claims of the popular infographic but supports others.[9] Examples are too numerous to list exhaustively, but include:
[edit] Technology
- An Artificial intelligence called CAIMEO
- The Assembly Programmer's Guild
- Mind control information / MKULTRA
- Suppressed technologies
- Gadolinium Gallium Garnet Electronic Processors
- Fake top level domain names
[edit] Murder/Commerce
- Red Rooms and Snuff films
- Human hunting services[10]
- Assassination services
- Haunted computer games[wp]
- Exotic pets for sale
[edit] Legends
- The location of Atlantis
- Nephilim protocols
- The Illuminati / Freemasonry
[edit] Information
- Services to 'get more info' on people — On the clearnet this is called Facebook stalking.
- Rare videos
- The Columbine Massacre tapes[11]
- Polymeric falcighol derivation
- Banned books — You can find various anarchist writings, but no more so than on the clearnet
[edit] External links
[edit] For Some Hilarious Misinformation
- Takedownman — An amazingly misinformed user who surfs the deep web for YouTube advertising revenue
[edit] Communities of misinformation
- Reddit's /r/deepweb/ — A reddit thread for users to ask questions basic questions about the deep web. Threads are labelled with subjects such as "Infotainment", "Tech discussion", and "Idiocy", we're serious on that last one.[12]
- Intel Exchange — A forum where people exchange intelligent discussions
- Hidden Answers — An active q&a hidden service.
- image boards — Yes even 8chan has reliable and untrollish information on the deep web apparently.
[edit] See also
[edit] Footnotes
- ↑ Clearing Up Confusion – Deep Web vs. Dark Web
- ↑ Bergman, Michael K (August 2001). "The Deep Web: Surfacing Hidden Value". The Journal of Electronic Publishing 7 (1). Error: Bad DOI specified. http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=jep;view=text;rgn=main;idno=3336451.0007.104.
- ↑ Someone please update this if they know better
- ↑ https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/pink-meth-revenge-porn-darknet-website-shut-down-by-fbi-operation-onymous-1474013
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revenge_porn#United_States
- ↑ Cox, Joseph (14 October 2015). "Someone Is Trying to Bring Back the Most Infamous Dark Web Revenge Porn Site". http://motherboard.vice.com/read/someone-is-trying-to-bring-back-the-most-infamous-dark-web-revenge-porn-site. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
- ↑ Inside AnonIB, Where Hacking Is a Sport and Women’s Bodies Are the Prize
- ↑ The Fappening — Brought to You By The Information Marketplace
- ↑ http://pastebin.com/3z4ZSkUh
- ↑ Human-hunting on the internet, also not a real thing – UPDATED!
- ↑ Do you think the Basement Tapes may be wandering somewhere in the Deep Web?
- ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/deepweb/comments/553kai/if_i_were_looking_for_a_program_that_was_erased/
