
Some of the Tor nodes are even controlled by NSA, meaning that they can see the data being transmitted on the network. However, the Tor network isn’t so private anymore, and there have been many arrests concerning illegal activities. When using Tor, your data is sent through three different routers that encrypt your traffic and give you a certain level of privacy and security. Tor (The Onion Router) is a network of volunteer computers (routers) that give you a secure and anonymous connection to the internet. The dark web can’t however be accessed in a regular way, and the simplest way to access it is through Tor. However, the dark web doesn’t necessarily have to be that bad as you can still use it for some good stuff like accessing content that is restricted in your region, various forums and chatrooms, private gaming servers, etc.


There are also even darker corners where people can hire hitmen, access child pornography, and such like. The dark web is kept hidden by purpose, and it is commonly associated with marketplaces for illicit goods like firearms, narcotics, stolen credit cards, etc. What you see is usually referred to as the “surface web.” The huge chunk not indexed by Google is referred to as the “deep web.” One part of the deep web is the dark web. The internet is very wide, and the amount indexed by Google is only a tiny fraction.
