What is Dark Web?

The Dark Web (also referred to as the Darknet) has both pros and cons, some of which are presented as follows:

Advantages

It helps people to enjoy privacy and express their views freely. Privacy is key for many innocent people threatened by stalkers. Stalkers are not always hostile; employers frequently track their potential employee’s posts on social media and use that data to help make decisions on their prospective workforce. Lastly, the popularity of this network among criminals enables undercover police officers to track suspicious activities and identify lawbreakers.

Disadvantages

Anonymity brings some kind of power to users, and there are always people who will abuse it. Cybercriminals typically use the Dark Web to breach the privacy of others by posting their personal photos, medical information, and financial records.

In order to visit an onion website, you need to use a directory such as The Hidden Wiki. Some sites are perfectly legitimate, such as domain providers and email services. Some whistleblowers may get censored in certain countries. And some content could be deemed as not legal. Therefore, always make sure you know exactly what you’re looking for to avoid winding up in the wrong places.

If you agree, regardless of your political orientation, that the mainstream media is incompetent and has undermined freedom of speech, try SoylentNews. In this open-source and community-driven news agency, users can post stories from around the world. It offers discussion forums and a comment moderation system as well.

Email is not a secure communication system at all; email providers can see your inboxes throughout. For example, Google puts travel information and meetings onto your calendar automatically. Mail2Tor is an email provider that allows the user to send and receive emails anonymously through webmail or even over an email client. It encrypts all messages and does not store logs.