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You must have heard the name of Dark Web. In the internet world, dark web is a place where only criminals surf. But what exactly is the dark web? An Indian content creator spent 48 hours on the dark web to find out. Its result will surprise you.
The dark world of the dark web was exposed with just one laptop (Image- File Photo)
What is the Dark Web and is it really that dangerous? This question comes to the mind of millions of people, especially when viral videos and stories are shared on social media. Recently, Indian content creator Achina Sirohi Mayya did an experiment which surprised everyone.
She spent 48 hours on the dark web and revealed what she saw in her YouTube video. Achina is the founder of India’s number one video mastery school named Aevy TV and she already makes videos on tech and content creation. But this time he decided to delve into the depths of the dark web, just out of curiosity. What was revealed was shocking.
What is dark web?
The Dark Web is that part of the Internet that is not accessible through normal browsers like Chrome or Firefox. For this, Tor browser is required, which encrypts the user’s location and activity. The dark web is made up of sites with .onion domains, where surfing remains completely anonymous. But this anonymity makes it attractive to criminals. Achina told that he installed Tor, used VPN and then started roaming on .onion links. At first he found many sites that appeared to be scams – like Hitman for Hire, where anyone could pay money to kill someone. But most of them were fake, made just to defraud people.
black business happens
Drugs marketplaces were again found on the dark web, where drugs like cocaine, heroin, LSD were being sold with cryptocurrency. Credit card data, hacking tools, malware and even illegal weapons were available. The most horrifying part was the content like child exploitation and revenge porn, seeing which Achina said that she was feeling traumatized. Achina warned in the video – “Most of the things on the dark web are scams, but the real crime that happens is very scary. People go here for privacy, like journalists or activists who want to avoid censorship, but criminals use it for wrong things.” He said that fake products are sold on many sites, such as stolen passwords or fake IDs, but nothing is received after payment. Real deals also take place at some places, but are constantly monitored by police and international agencies.
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