The Research Pirates of the Dark Web

Re:The Research Pirates of the Dark Web by apozem on Wednesday February 10, 2016 @12:32PM (#11074346)

"The researchers, who have been studying and writing about encryption policy, sniffed around with a Tor browser and found 1,547 out of 5,205 total websites live on the dark web engaging in illegal activity."

It is one of the most common ways for distributing those three things, so yes, that "meme" is correct.

http://www.networkworld.com/article/3031661/internet/drugs-g...

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Re:The Research Pirates of the Dark Web by fabulist on Wednesday February 10, 2016 @03:18PM (#11075653)

You think the most common way to distribute drugs, weapons, and child porn is over Tor hidden services? I'm incredibly skeptical.

Doubtless a significant percentage of child porn is distributed that way, but I'm under the impression they prefer to use Tor to access encrypted blobs others host for them, like on Usenet. I've met many drug users, but only two of them were even aware of hidden services. And however many guns are sold on hidden services will never compare to the number purchased by the US military, or sold at gun conventions, etc.

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Re:The Research Pirates of the Dark Web by torthrowappp on Wednesday February 10, 2016 @12:37PM (#11074389)

I'm surprised 3/4 aren't illegal!

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Re:The Research Pirates of the Dark Web by ryanlol on Thursday February 11, 2016 @06:36AM (#11079524)

So far there have been no signs of large scale arms or drug trafficking activity on these websites though.

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