XPost: alt.privacy.anon-server, alt.cypherpunks   
   From: rockettaco37@rt37.nu   
      
   On 9/17/25 5:43 PM, Nomen Nescio wrote:   
   > When you think of the dark web, you might think of hackers, the   
   > Silk Road, and other illegal services that operate covertly and   
   > mysteriously. However, the essence of the dark web for anonymous   
   > communication is useful for more than just illicit behavior.   
   > The technologies that surround the dark web are used by   
   > journalists, people who need access to censored news sites, the   
   > U.S. military, and even people who just want to avoid annoying   
   > targeted ads. It may also surprise you that the infrastructure   
   > used to browse and communicate anonymously on the dark web is   
   > not so different than that of the internet we know now...   
   >   
   > https://itp.nyu.edu/networks/explanations/demystifying-the-dar   
   -web-an-introduction-to-tor-and-onion-routing/   
   >   
      
   I've always wondered why the media seem to like to vilify things like   
   Tor. I guess it gets more views if they try to spin it into some dark   
   evil network, when in reality 99% of traffic on it is pretty innocuous.   
      
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