You also have to watch out for scams and fraud - there is no regulation - so keep your wits about you. It is much less populated - but the population is generally more technically savvy. Many people compare the Deepweb to the internet before AOL. RedditTor - A clone of reddit that is running in onionland. Even if you don't plan to buy anything, it's interesting to take a look around and see what's available. The Silk Road - I'm sure you've heard of it before - the place where you can buy many black market substances using Bitcoins. There are many useful links here - but be wary: there are also links to scam sites. The Hidden Wiki - An excellent landing page to the onionland. However, there are a few great places to start (Open these links from the Tor browser): Many of them you just have to hear about through direct communication with other Tor users. This gives these sites leverage to host more freely - without fear that a repressive authority will find their servers and shut them down.īecause there is no central registrar, there is no single repository of all. These sites are different than regular websites, because not only is your ip address hidden from them, but their ip address is also hidden from you. There is a lot more out there on "Hidden Web Sites".Ī Hidden Web Site is any site that has a domain name that ends in ".onion".
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So, feel free to just browse the regular internet anonymously - however that is just scratching the surface of the Deepweb. You will also be browsing the internet in a true anonymous fashion - the onion routing capability of Tor will protect your ip address from servers and snoopers. If you are accessing the internet from a country that limits your internet access, you will notice that you now have access to the entire internet. You must do all of your Deepweb browsing from this browser. This is just a standalone copy of Firefox which is pre-configured to work correctly with Tor. Linux: Untar the file, and run start-tor-browserĪt this point, Tor will start running and a browser called Aurora will open up. Windows: Unzip the file, and run Start Tor Browser.exe This package contains everything you need to run Tor on your machine. I'll outline the steps to get started:ĭownload the Tor Browser Bundle. It's easy to get started, and it truly is a unique and intriguing place. Now that I've taken the plunge, I wish I had earlier. I've always been curious about it, but never taken the time to understand it until recently. Over the course of the past few years, I have heard a lot about the so-called "Deepweb".