XPost: alt.cypherpunks, alt.privacy.anon-server   
   From: nobody@dizum.com   
      
   On 18 Sep 2025, Gabriel Coan  posted some   
   news:10ahgm4$uc3$1@dont-email.me:   
      
   > 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-dark-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.   
      
   It's not so much villification, rather associating it with fear.  Fear   
   attracts and sells to the ill-informed.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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