The Deep Web - Hidden Wiki

[XR6_661]

Been reading a bit about the deep web and the hidden wiki...It doesn't sound like a place I want to visit but it sounds intriging none-the-less...Has anyone ever been on there...or what are peoples thoughts?


(Copy pasted, I've edited out some stuff)

THIS IS LONG, BUT WORTH THE READ.

For those who don't know, the deep web represents a gargantuan part of the internet which is not accessible through regular searches via google or other search engines.

Searching on the Internet today can be compared to dragging a net across the surface of the ocean. While a great deal may be caught in the net, there is still a wealth of information that is deep, and therefore, missed. The reason is simple: Most of the Web's information is buried far down on dynamically generated sites, and standard search engines never find it.

Here are some facts on The Deep Web:

· Public information on the deep Web is currently 400 to 550 times larger than the commonly defined World Wide Web.

· The deep Web contains 7,500 terabytes of information compared to 19 terabytes of information in the surface Web.

· The deep Web contains nearly 550 billion individual documents compared to the 1 billion of the surface Web.

· More than 200,000 deep Web sites presently exist.

· Sixty of the largest deep-Web sites collectively contain about 750 terabytes of information — sufficient by themselves to exceed the size of the surface Web forty times.

· The deep Web is the largest growing category of new information on the Internet.

· Deep Web sites tend to be narrower, with deeper content, than conventional surface sites.

· Total quality content of the deep Web is 1,000 to 2,000 times greater than that of the surface Web.

· Deep Web content is highly relevant to every information need, market, and domain.

· More than half of the deep Web content resides in topic-specific databases.

· A full ninety-five per cent of the deep Web is publicly accessible information — not subject to fees or subscriptions.

What lies beneath the surface is a who's who of hackers, scientists, drug dealers, astronomers, assassins, physicists, revolutionaries, Government officials, Police, Feds, terrorists, data miners, kidnappers, sociologists, etc. As you can tell, the party goes across the entire moral spectrum.

I find this subject to be utterly fascinating which needs to be studied further. Whilst there are tons of bad seeds who inhabit this deep web, there's also good seeds who wish to spread their information quickly and most often anonymously, to avoid legal or ethical ramifications.

In order to access the deep web you use the Tor browser in addition to the Tor extension for Firefox. This is a good starting point.

And then access the Hidden Wiki which is a small but useful reference point to start on your journey of the deep web. kpvz7ki2v5agwt35.onion

They got folks who literally can go toe to toe with Anon on there. Dudes who are really dangerous in the sense they are near omnipotent. This is where the serious computer viruses are made and where plots are made. They have security viruses and everything.

The reason the "Deep Web" is the way it is is because only about 10 percent of what's on the internet is generally/commercially interesting. Sure you could dig deep into the annals of the information superhighway but most if it is raw information. It's not packaged and easily digestible like stumbleupon or tumblr. They are websites that purposely don't get pinged to search engines so they are harder to find.

To sum it up, it's basically a private section of server space to share data off record. All that wiki leaks stuffed that leaked a couple months back? That's been on deep web for years. Ever seen a movie and see the bad guy or hacker loggin' into some weird looking private server? that's all real. Generally, terrorist networks, spy agencies, drug dealers, assassins-for-hire lurk around those parts. There's a Hidden Wiki, there, and on the wiki they're categories of links. There are things like blogs, forums (from normal to revolutionary to blatantly illegal), Tor-enabled instant messaging and chat, anonymous file hosting, anonymous financing, anonymous tipping and information exchanges, information on computer security/anonymity, info on warez/cracks/hacking, all the books, music, movies you can possibly imagine, even links to sports betting and trade information, links to international drug markets, prostitution rings, assassin markets, black market products, Some of societies most deviant people use this network. Not just those that browse the sites on there but also those who create it and manage them..and it's almost impossible to find either of the offenders.

Even underground fighting tournaments to the death (I'm not joking very real very organized). Very Real trained professional fighters. It may seem surreal but they are guys that train with the best and want no part of UFC or any fight league. Dudes who really enjoy fighting to the death. It's just crazy explaining it it's not some barroom brawl. These things happen and alot of millionaires pay big money to see them. Modern Gladiator battles. I heard there are some with humans vs animals.

However, 0.00000001% of all data on the dark web is stuff normal people will be able to access, understand and use. And even a small fraction of that is illegal stuff.. its not like some hardcore underground network of spies, killersand criminals. The rest % is used by their respected authorities.

Don't be an idiot and start clicking on links you see on the hiddenwiki, but poke your head in the door you'll see its not modern anarchy in there.

While the information on the deep web is vastly overwhelming, it should not be feared. In most aspects, the information is just there, it's what you choose to do with the information that can lead you to trouble and imprisonment. Producing, storing, exchanging, transferring information.

Before you begin I suggest learning how the deep web works and what you can do to better protect yourself against intruders and anything that can compromise your true anonymity

This is like some post apacolyptic world where they only accept the bizarre currency bitcoins and all the websites look like they are from 1990's era geocities.

BTC's are the deep web's form of currency.. bitcoins.
This **** is hilarious, bizarre, and terrifying..
half the time the sites dont work and result in the most cryptic jargon filled errors. the other half, you wait ten minutes for it to load only to see something which shocks you because of how serious it is. this is where the hackers hang out. The can use your own webcam to spy on you.

I know what you're thinking some of the best hackers around and the server is slow as. The servers are probably used to a pretty small amount of traffic. With the attention deep web has got from niketalk and anon. in the last few days they are probably struggling a bit I reckon. Could be wrong on that but basically patience is a necessity in the deep web.

Now I'm just a cog in the machine. A really big machine. And really just relaying information found on other fora as mentioned already. I'm just trying to find people that are in it already. I want to know what they're saying on current events, Libya, Nasa investigation on that metorite, higher alien life forms, where Adrian Wojnarowski gets his trade information from etc

While the information on the deep web is vastly overwhelming, it should not be feared. In most aspects, the information is just there, it's what you choose to do with the information that can lead you to trouble and imprisonment. Producing, storing, exchanging, transferring information.

Before you begin I suggest learning how the deep web works and what you can do to better protect yourself against intruders and anything that can compromise your true anonymity

Here, you can read up more about the deep web: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_web

This has information on what the .onion network is and how it works: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.onion

Here is where you can read up on TOR: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tor_(anonymity_network)

GUIDE TO GET ON DEEP WEB

If you don't have already, download firefox at www.getfirefox.com and once installed, search for the tor extension for Firefox.

From there, you can get the tor bundle at http://torproject.org

Click Start Tor Browser once you have completed the steps.

Firefox will open up with this as the main page

From there, you are now somewhat anonymous and can now access .onion and the hidden web.

Keep in mind that Tor is not 100% anonymous...multiple proxies are needed in addition to tor, of course a firewall and Antivirus as well. I'd disconnect or put tape over my webcam , disable javascript cookies, temp data, use ccleaner...

[Yellow_Festiva]

Interesting. Reminds me of the Matrix.

[XR6_661]

I reckon there would be some truely mind blowing stuff in there...I'm not talking like death stuff, or illegal things...because that doesn't interest me...

I'm half tempted to download this 'Tor' browser, but my privacy concerns tell me no! Haha.

Edit - After reading a bit more about it on Reddit. I have NO intentions of going there at all. Wow.

[charles_wif_xf]

XR6_661, do you have the link to the article you copied that from?

[XESP351]

Originally Posted by XR6_661

Edit - After reading a bit more about it on Reddit. I have NO intentions of going there at all. Wow.

Wise decision. Here is a quote from some in the know of whats there...

"An assassination market (which is totally fake), a site to purchase drugs, the "hidden wiki", and a cannibalism site that sells human meat."

and this

"You need a proxy to access certain sites. I ****** around on Tor and i2p for a day and grabbed some screens and then left. It will **** you up. There are things out there mankind isn't meant to see. Leaked documents, torture porn, organ trade, assassination pictures. The people on there are powerful. Groups like Anonymous are on the deep web and they go toe-to-toe with governments. They hack each other and try to one-up the other. It's warfare in the deep web"

EDIT again: This sums it up..

"Thats mostly what got me into it (curiosity not 2g1c). I won't advise you against going, but would like to remind you that what has been seen cannot be unseen"


Doesn't sound fun!

[MAD]

Finally something to use Maccas free wifi for... lol

[EFFalcon]

Originally Posted by MAD

Finally something to use Maccas free wifi for... lol

lol!!

[XR6_661]

Originally Posted by charles_wif_xf

XR6_661, do you have the link to the article you copied that from?

Sorry mate, was from a body building forum of all places...seems the same article is on a few forums though!

XESP...Doesn't sound like fun at all. I've been on some obscure sites and have seen things on the internet that burn into your memory in a bad way...but the deep web seems like it's on a whole new level...

Was looking at some screens before of 'ads'...People who will steal whatever you want for 'bitcoins'...drugs, you name it...

I bet my bottom dollar there are some very very shady people lurking the depths. The internet is a very scary place.

[GreenMachine]

Sounds like the smoking area of the Alderley Arms on a Friday night. About the same amount of bull#### too!

[XESP351]

Originally Posted by XR6_661

XESP...Doesn't sound like fun at all. I've been on some obscure sites and have seen things on the internet that burn into your memory in a bad way...but the deep web seems like it's on a whole new level...

Was looking at some screens before of 'ads'...People who will steal whatever you want for 'bitcoins'...drugs, you name it...

I bet my bottom dollar there are some very very shady people lurking the depths. The internet is a very scary place.

Exactly.

Also sounds from what I have read is that the No.1 use for deep web is CP which means that you are more likely than not to come across those images. No thanks.

[XR6_661]

As if 4chans /b/ wasn't bad enough...

Reading about it more...terrorism, large money transfers, drug trade..

[Badcooky]

Yea i knew that, Mr drives a Holden now.

[XR6_661]

Originally Posted by Badcooky

Yea i knew that, Mr drives a Holden now.

Paid for with bitcoins.

[Road_Warrior]

Could I find a site that sells rocket propelled grenades there?

[XR6_661]

If not, one on how to build your own with 4 things found in your home.

[Badcooky]

Originally Posted by XR6_661

Paid for with bitcoins.

Champion.

[FG_Frodza]

Had a lurk round the deep web tonight after reading this.

I have seen some things that have made me lose the will to live.

[Mickxr8]

Originally Posted by FG_Frodza

Had a lurk round the deep web tonight after reading this.

I have seen some things that have made me lose the will to live.

Thought about looking in there as well but decided against.

nuff sick stuff on general display any where if you look for it .

I`m as openminded as as anyone but there`s gotta be a line ?..

[Keepleft]

Originally Posted by FG_Frodza

Had a lurk round the deep web tonight after reading this.

I have seen some things that have made me lose the will to live.

'things' that make gore like liveleak seem tame....

Never mind, 'the state' watches most all.

[FG_Frodza]

I've found that theres probably a few different moral classes of people on the deep web.

From the AFP, FBI and Interpol trying to catch the pedos and hitmen, to the absolute monsters who post the most depraved things imaginable, actually, theyre not imaginable by normal people.

In the middle there are the people offering drugs, stolen goods, drug running, etc.

The stuff going on in the deep web is full on guys, I cant recommend a visit though because curiosity will get the better of you as it did to me and you end up regretting it big time.

I have serious doubts that it is bigger than the normal internet though.

[Geez Louise]

Anything that involves hackers or sicko's holds no interest for me.

There is enough sadness in the world without me checking into something on the web to see more of it....I will pass thanks.

Curiosity can indeed kill the cat...Be very careful...Not everyone on the interwebz acts with the best intentions...

Cheers
Col

[data_mine]

all hyped up mumbo to put the fear in technophobes.

reality is, it's nothing special. Just the realisation there's much more to the internet than just the 'web' www.something...

It was around long before the web

[FG_Frodza]

Originally Posted by Geez Louise

Anything that involves hackers or sicko's holds no interest for me.

There is enough sadness in the world without me checking into something on the web to see more of it....I will pass thanks.

Curiosity can indeed kill the cat...Be very careful...Not everyone on the interwebz acts with the best intentions...

Cheers
Col

What interested me in it in the first place is the UFO and conspiracy websites where people chat without fear of being traced by governments.

I didnt see any decent websites like that just a load of sick stuff.

I just take comfort in the fact that the place is crawling with feds who operate to try and find these guys.

[Barnaby]

Maybe I should loose my Bitcoin wallet.

Sometimes I think the images and stuff are there to deter normal people and the real info is beyond that. Anyway, it worked for me...I was deterred, a long time ago!

[fordomatic]

Wow this seems pretty full on, never knew something like this existed. i don't think i would mind having a peep at what goes on, but i wouldn't purely for the worry of hackers.

FG-Frodza, what kind of stuff did you see that made you wish you didn't. Pm me if you like, i am genuinely interested

[gcg2503]

So you guys who surfed there installed the tor?

[Kryton]

Interested but i dont think my anti hacking skill would be up to it.

[FG_Frodza]

Originally Posted by gcg2503

So you guys who surfed there installed the tor?

Yes mate I installed TOR, its the only way to access .onion sites.

Originally Posted by fordomatic

Wow this seems pretty full on, never knew something like this existed. i don't think i would mind having a peep at what goes on, but i wouldn't purely for the worry of hackers.

FG-Frodza, what kind of stuff did you see that made you wish you didn't. Pm me if you like, i am genuinely interested

Hi mate, very unlikely that you would be a target for hackers, you are much more secure using the TOR browser than any normal browser.

Without going into too much detail, basically there was some stories about peoples sexual encounters which werent exactly romantic, and some images of people engaging in this sort of conduct with people of ALL ages.

Pictures of torture, human experiments and brutal crime/accident scenes among other things, and meanwhile unlike me most people arent looking at this stuff for curiosity, theyre looking at it because it turns them on, and thats the worst part, not just seeing it, but knowing that people are getting off to it.

In saying that, there are loads of interesting sites on the deep web too. Illegal drug sales, weapon sales, terrorist websites, leaked government info (the deep web is how Wikileaks gets most of their info), conspiracy websites, contract killer services and the like, not that I would engage in any of that stuff, but it is interesting to look at and not depraved like most of the deep web.

I cant exactly say what the worst thing I saw was because I like this forum too much and would rather not be banned, but it involved babies.

Now I'm no sicko and I didnt go looking for this sort of stuff so dont judge me, it must be easy to find this stuff if youre looking for it. Most of the websites are in other languages so you normally dont even know what you are clicking on, its luck of the draw.

If you need to have a look and want to know how to gt onto the hidden wiki or anything, PM me and I will hook you up with a link, its the best starting point, just please take my advice and dont let curiosity get the better of you, if you see link called 'cannibalism' you do not want to see that.

Happy browsing.

[MWTB]

Its really not all that interesting, its basically what you'd see on /b/ in 2006. Accessing it won't blow up your computer or anything, its just a wiki page with links to certain sites that would have otherwise been blacklisted.

That said, it isn't for the faint hearted. I can watch pretty much anything and not cringe so it doesn't bother me but it certainly isn't rainbows and smiles (some of the sites).

Some of the stuff just relates to downloading music and stuff. Think of everything illegal on the internet and multiply it. That's what the deep web is for.

[RedHotGT]

I know someone who is into IT and security for the defence forces, and we discussed the Deep Web not that long ago.

It is a bit of a messy thing to understand, and it's not just a place for sickos to share snuff and sick videos/pics. You can do that on the normal net thru forums (similar to this) and other means.

The Deep Web is more for educated criminals, because the regular boneheads don't understand the complexity of the network. And don't think the government doesn't have tech-heads involved in it, as they most definately do.

It is more about transporting and sharing stolen information, classified information, and information that you would rather wasn't public. Think of it as a dark alleyway where you know you don't need to be there, and you don't want to be there either.

Criminal activity will always happen, and the good ones (pun?) are very well educated and learn to evolve with techology. And when there is money to be made illegally, there will always be criminals who exploit it.

For me - I don't need to get involved in it, and don't want my footprints anywhere near the Deep Web. Thats a street that I don't want to drive down.