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mitch96

(15,373 posts) Thu Nov 2, 2023, 08:02 AM Nov 2023

Can someone point me in the direction of information on the dark web that you trust? [View all]

What is an onion router? ?TOR? same? Are there different ones like different brousers? Is it an OS?
Why is it not safe? How to make it safe? Will the saftey protocols used on a TOR site work on the regular web?
Just curious
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Can someone point me in the direction of information on the dark web that you trust? [View all] mitch96 Nov 2023 OP

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Also, Brave has Tor built in hueymahl Nov 2023 #4

Yes, but with caveats: sl8 Nov 2023 #5

Excellent point. hueymahl Nov 2023 #7

You can't even trust most things on the "bright" web either! Wonder Why Nov 2023 #6

Hmmmm T_A Nov 2023 #8

I was reading on one web site to be secure on the dark net, the author uses a VPN and Linux on a thumb drive. mitch96 Nov 2023 #9