Navigating the Cyberspace: a No-Go Zone !!
The internet may be considered as a vast network that enables an individual to obtain any kind of information available. "The World Wide Web, commonly known as www, is one of the most used legitimate platforms to navigate using search engines like Google, Yahoo, Edge etc. This is just the tip of the iceberg."
Users on the internet frequently used site such as FaceBook, Twitter, Amazon, which makes up about 4 to 6 percent of internet usage. The remaining 94 or 96 percent is the Deep Web and the Dark Web/Net.
Deep Web
A network where data is stored in inaccessible databases. It includes all web pages, websites, networks, and online communities that are intentionally and/or unintentionally hidden that cannot be accessed using Google or other regular search engines. The Deep Web is used for activities such as hacking and piracy.
Dark Web/Net
An encrypted network that is available to a selective group not accessible by all which is accessible via authorisation, specific software, and configurations. This is a marketplace for illegal goods such as drugs, firearms, and stolen credit cards numbers. The Dark Net is also used for human trafficking, exchanges of child pornography due to anonymity.
A collection of websites that have hidden IP addresses and may require a specific software to access. The dark web is only a small fraction (0.01%) of the deep web, which contains Internet content that is not searchable by your standard search engines. In other words, if Google can’t find what you’re looking for, it’s probably still out there in the World Wide Web; it’s just in the harder-to-access deep web. (If Google can find it, then it’s on the surface web, which makes up about 0.03% of the Internet.)
Also, the deep web is huge: back in 2001, it was estimated to be 400–550 times larger than the surface web, and it’s been growing exponentially since then. By comparison, the dark web is pretty small: dark web sites number only in the thousands. The websites in the dark web are characterised by their use of encryption software that makes their users and their locations anonymous.
But the dark web’s not completely dark. It’s also used by political whistle-blowers, activists, and journalists who may be censored or could risk political retaliation if discovered by their government. Most notably, the website WikiLeaks has its home on the dark web.
Every Indian should have digital access.
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