Concept in Definition ABC

Nine-tenths of an iceberg is found under the surface of the water. I don't know if the part of the World Wide Web that is hidden from the eyes of most Internet users also constitutes such a high percentage of the total.

Broadly speaking, the Deep Web (Deep web) is one that is not indexed in search engines such as Google, Bing or Yahoo!

This definition is very broad and, as such, could include those commercial publications that, for strategic reasons, prevent or limit commercial search engines from indexing the content that they generate.

However, the common knowledge wanted to identify the Deep web with the darkest and most criminal uses of Internet, a place where it is easy to buy drugs, weapons, or traffic in organs.

What is the correct definition? The first is the manual, the most comprehensive and generic, which could appear in a dictionary, while the second is the one that almost everyone understands in an informal conversation.

At a more technical level, we will say that the Deep Web is one in which the pages constantly change from location, so that even your address is encrypted, and a URL from this part of the Internet has no the

Format usual www. LoQueSea.com, but rather looks like plc67asdt348bhjgdfyietyuhi5674.onion.

Knowing where we get

So how do we locate them? If they are not indexed and we cannot use an engine like Google, we need to know where we are going.

A traditional starting point in navigating through the Deep web is the Hidden Wiki, a kind of index instead and evolution constant from which we will begin to enter various pages and services such as, for example, financials, purchases and sales, hosting services... or pages of high erotic content.

Is it all crime? Well, although the Deep Web has been sold as a synonym for illegal and immoral activities, not everything is left out of the morality, although it can be left to the legality... of some dictatorial countries.

Thus, the Deep web it's a good discussion tool politics and contacts for dissidents residing in countries that do not accept ideas that differ from those officially held by the government, or who belong to ethnic, religious or other minorities within states that violate their rights.

These latter uses may be considered illegal, but... To what extent do you consider them immoral?

Of course, if you want to access this sub-world, be very vigilant; It is a totally deregulated market and, as such, you will not be able to make a claim to anyone. In addition, by defending anonymity, it will be impossible for us to locate who has deceived us.

Access tools to Deep web

The browser web Tor will be our gateway to the Deep Web.

Tor will guarantee anonymity when accessing the online services of the Deep Internet, but it is advisable to use it in conjunction with other products from safety, like proxies and anti-malware and, above all, having common sense when browsing.

Before accessing, you should check that in your country access to this part of the Internet is legal, since in many countries it is forbidden, even, to access the Deep web.

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