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Have you ever used the dark web

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    #32
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Even if the package does get caught, you aren't liable for someone sending you something illegal. Anybody could send you something illegal without your knowledge.


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    #33
    Dr Crayfish
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,960 ✭✭✭Dr Crayfish


    yosser hughes wrote: »
    So once you opne the Tor browser, where do you then? Is thee a dark web ebay equivalent?

    Probably shouldn't discuss these things in a public forum...


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    #34
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    yosser hughes wrote: »
    So once you opne the Tor browser, where do you then? Is thee a dark web ebay equivalent?

    Google the url for alpha bay


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    #35
    yosser hughes
    Registered Users Posts: 3,880 ✭✭✭yosser hughes


    Dr Crayfish wrote: »
    Probably shouldn't discuss these things in a public forum...

    probably not, but here we are.


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    #36
    yosser hughes
    Registered Users Posts: 3,880 ✭✭✭yosser hughes


    Deleted User wrote: »
    Google the url for alpha bay

    Now that you mention it, I have heard of that before.


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    #37
    cursai
    Registered Users Posts: 2,915 ✭✭✭cursai


    Glad I saw this bit of info before the mods removed it.


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    #38
    koumi
    Closed Accounts Posts: 646 ✭✭✭koumi


    cursai wrote: »
    Glad I saw this bit of info before the mods removed it.
    I'm kinda worried.


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    #39
    pudzey101
    Registered Users Posts: 3,925 ✭✭✭pudzey101


    cursai wrote: »
    Glad I saw this bit of info before the mods removed it.

    same must have a cheeky look at this now :)


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    #40
    Kimbot
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 18,458 Mod ✭✭✭✭Kimbot


    I much prefer the light web, the dark web isnt bright enough for me :P


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    #41
    Day Lewin
    Registered Users Posts: 4,621 ✭✭✭Day Lewin


    Yes, when you've bought your contraband and hired the pirates, how do you pay for it all?


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    #42
    greencap
    Registered Users Posts: 2,102 ✭✭✭greencap


    Something very trap-ish about the whole thing.

    Google/Microsoft/US govt already has its head far enough up my hole.

    I watch something on one website today, next day theres clips of it in my suggestions on youtube.

    Dark web seems to be a bit like 'hey if you like illegal stuff just download this' its totally anonymous, promise.

    Maybe if I bought a dedicated laptop and never connected it to my home modem, but really no need for lsd or a balkan automatic rifle at this time.

    discussion/2058195983/russia-threadbanned-users-in-op/p3135

    😁



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    #43
    lilsparkle69
    Registered Users Posts: 116 ✭✭lilsparkle69


    Good for e-books and magazines that I usually can't afford or get in Ireland. They were handy when I did my thesis research :D


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    #44
    lau1247
    Registered Users Posts: 2,129 ✭✭✭lau1247


    spider-web-1a.jpg

    Mighty fine dark web :pac:

    West Dublin, ☀️ 7.83kWp ⚡5.66 kWp South West, ⚡2.18 kWp North East



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    #45
    srsly78
    Registered Users Posts: 7,157 ✭✭✭srsly78


    greencap wrote: »
    Something very trap-ish about the whole thing.

    Google/Microsoft/US govt already has its head far enough up my hole.

    I watch something on one website today, next day theres clips of it in my suggestions on youtube.

    Dark web seems to be a bit like 'hey if you like illegal stuff just download this' its totally anonymous, promise.

    Maybe if I bought a dedicated laptop and never connected it to my home modem, but really no need for lsd or a balkan automatic rifle at this time.

    You can use tor browser (which is basically firefox) to browse the (normal) web anonymously. It will be a bit slower because of your traffic getting bounced all over the world tho.


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    #46
    jeanjolie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 484 ✭✭jeanjolie


    Ordering anything from Dark Web after exploit is incredibly stupid (IMO)...do you believe it will get through Irish customs?

    Honestly, after watching those episodes of Border Security Australia, Canada, and 'Stop Search Seize' (Irish version) where they stop ingenious smuggling methods, I am baffled as to how anyone could be brave enough to still order from the Silk Road.


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    #47
    srsly78
    Registered Users Posts: 7,157 ✭✭✭srsly78


    jeanjolie wrote: »
    Ordering anything from Dark Web after exploit is incredibly stupid (IMO)...do you believe it will get through Irish customs?

    Honestly, after watching those episodes of Border Security Australia, Canada, and 'Stop Search Seize' (Irish version) where they stop ingenious smuggling methods, I am baffled as to how anyone could be brave enough to still order from the Silk Road.

    That would be hard since it doesn't exist anymore, it got busted remember?


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    #48
    jeanjolie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 484 ✭✭jeanjolie


    srsly78 wrote: »
    That would be hard since it doesn't exist anymore, it got busted remember?

    Exactly and also the Dark Web 'died' in a semi-literal sense...

    There are mostly dead links and I believe honeypots set up by government agencies..


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    #49
    The_Valeyard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,452 ✭✭✭✭The_Valeyard


    Over 900 child abusers arrested using a Dark web site saving over 300 children.

    Good work by the police forces worldwide.


    You are not as anonymous as you may be lead to believe.


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    #50
    enfant terrible
    Registered Users Posts: 4,561 ✭✭✭enfant terrible


    The_Valeyard wrote: »
    Over 900 child abusers arrested using a Dark web site saving over 300 children.

    Good work by the police forces worldwide.


    You are not as anonymous as you may be lead to believe.

    Yes I'd imagine like the regular web most content on the dark web is pornographic i.e child porn.

    Hopefully the NSA can figure out a way to find the child pornography creators and users using TOR.


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    #51
    Dtp1979
    Registered Users Posts: 12,738 ✭✭✭✭Dtp1979


    enfant terrible wrote: »
    Yes I'd imagine like the regular web most content on the dark web is pornographic i.e child porn.

    Hopefully the NSA can figure out a way to find the child pornography creators and users using TOR.

    And cut their balls off


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    #52
    Permabear
    Closed Accounts Posts: 39,022 ✭✭✭✭Permabear


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    #53
    Rumpy Pumpy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,048 ✭✭✭Rumpy Pumpy


    Permabear wrote: »
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    Security tools and processes that provide a level of anonymity far above those provided by Tor are available on the public internet for hacks, human rights activists and everyone else who needs or wants to use them.

    The 'dark web' is now little more than a cesspit for drug dealers, pornographers and other criminal miscreants to reach their audience.


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    #54
    JoeyPeeps
    Closed Accounts Posts: 110 ✭✭JoeyPeeps


    You can still get tracked on the dark web. You're mac and ip address can be traced back to you. If you know how to change these and use a vpn along with TOR you won't have to worry.


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    #55
    Dr Crayfish
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,960 ✭✭✭Dr Crayfish


    jeanjolie wrote: »
    Ordering anything from Dark Web after exploit is incredibly stupid (IMO)...do you believe it will get through Irish customs?

    Honestly, after watching those episodes of Border Security Australia, Canada, and 'Stop Search Seize' (Irish version) where they stop ingenious smuggling methods, I am baffled as to how anyone could be brave enough to still order from the Silk Road.

    The TV shows don't show the millions of packages of contraband that get through though do they? You're pretty naive to believe the dark web isn't supplying a thriving drug market in Ireland and all over the world.


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    #56
    cursai
    Registered Users Posts: 2,915 ✭✭✭cursai


    koumi wrote: »
    I'm kinda worried.

    No, no, I'll just be ordering towels.


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    #57
    jeanjolie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 484 ✭✭jeanjolie


    Dr Crayfish wrote: »
    The TV shows don't show the millions of packages of contraband that get through though do they? You're pretty naive to believe the dark web isn't supplying a thriving drug market in Ireland and all over the world.

    Nope, I know fully well it's a form of selection bias. There are plenty of packages that make it through and also plenty of drug mules who don't lack complete common sense like the muppet we see on these shows and make numerous profitable trips...

    But in regards to actually ordering packages, it's simply too risky. I'm not an anti-drug guy (believe drug propaganda is mostly B.S.) but there is no way in hell I would order from a site to my house. Even asking someone is risky. The penalties are simply too high to casually seek drugs in this country or in most countries.


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    #58
    _Whimsical_
    Registered Users Posts: 7,955 ✭✭✭_Whimsical_


    Permabear wrote: »
    This post had been deleted.

    This is true. Using it for nefarious means is an abuse of a very necessary technology.


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    #59
    pragmatic1
    Registered Users Posts: 5,573 ✭✭✭pragmatic1


    jeanjolie wrote: »
    Ordering anything from Dark Web after exploit is incredibly stupid (IMO)...do you believe it will get through Irish customs?

    Honestly, after watching those episodes of Border Security Australia, Canada, and 'Stop Search Seize' (Irish version) where they stop ingenious smuggling methods, I am baffled as to how anyone could be brave enough to still order from the Silk Road.
    Out of approximately 100 times I've used it, I got one letter from customs.


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    #60
    jeanjolie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 484 ✭✭jeanjolie


    pragmatic1 wrote: »
    Out of approximately 100 times I've used it, I got one letter from customs.

    You're joking or serious? If so, could you post the letter?


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    #61
    clairewithani
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,270 ✭✭✭clairewithani


    I never heard of dark web until now and after reading about it I am gobsmacked. I always knew there was good and bad in the world but making it easier to make the world a bad and illegal place makes me feel sick.


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