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Is it, though? Do you have first hand knowledge of this? Every time I try to look at things on "the dark web", I read through hidden wiki, see a few completel

by blhack 8y ago

Is it, though? Do you have first hand knowledge of this? Every time I try to look at things on "the dark web", I read through hidden wiki, see a few completely empty forums, laugh, then turn tor back off.

nootropicat 8y ago
That's because hidden wiki was seized and doesn't exist anymore. What you saw was a mirror of now severely outdated information + with more unsavory links deleted.
- YetAnotherNick 8y ago
  Exactly the same experience as GP. Please educate how to find better sites/forums/discussions. Once I saw one ad for 'r* *e videos' in some onion site while exploring and I immediately closed tor.
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gammateam 8y ago
There exists at least one website or user that is available only as a hidden service on that network which has better information than sites on clearnet So maybe you are asking the wrong question? > Every time I try to look at things on "the dark web", I read through hidden wiki, see a few completely empty forums, laugh, then turn tor back off. Your search techniques aren't useful. All the information is bought from vendors, and they likely will only send you a file over a peer-2-peer encrypted chat, or in a message with their pgp encryption. Vendors do not talk on forums much to avoid analysis. All you have are user reviews. Vendors come and go.
- blhack 8y ago
  Maybe we're talking about different things. I don't mean "looking for things" as in: "looking for things to purchase". I mean that I'm looking for the weird hackery message boards of my youth.
  - gammateam 8y ago
    It doesn't matter, information is disseminated in encrypted peer 2 peer chats, and nobody will talk to you or give you a username to message them unless you paid them It is not indexed. The only thing that is indexed are reviews, which you can only use the reviews and the escrow systems to have a better chance of not being duped or scammed
    - blhack 8y ago
      I wonder if we're confusing some terms here. When you are saying "the dark net", are you specifically talking about darknet markets? So, for instance: there aren't hosted forums, or other repositories of information? How does somebody get an index of the people to even talk to in these chats?
      - gammateam 8y ago
        It is accurate that you would find these people on dark net marketplaces, and those places frequently also host forums when I say "the dark web", I'm referring to things I know are hosted on TOR. what are you having trouble with here? I told you how to use them, you won't be able to recreate your childhood. The most useful hidden services are the dark net marketplaces, and they do harbor an extremely efficient level of tools, exploits, and more. now that there is a monetization model, and still privacy concerns, you won't have hackers posting stuff just for bragging rights, so there are a variety of reasons why there is nothing to be indexed.
  - theNJR 8y ago
    So much this. I miss all those forums, mailing lists and IRC chats. I

by blhack 8y ago

nootropicat 8y ago

That's because hidden wiki was seized and doesn't exist anymore. What you saw was a mirror of now severely outdated information + with more unsavory links deleted.

YetAnotherNick 8y ago
Exactly the same experience as GP. Please educate how to find better sites/forums/discussions. Once I saw one ad for 'r* *e videos' in some onion site while exploring and I immediately closed tor.
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gammateam 8y ago

There exists at least one website or user that is available only as a hidden service on that network which has better information than sites on clearnet So maybe you are asking the wrong question? > Every time I try to look at things on "the dark web", I read through hidden wiki, see a few completely empty forums, laugh, then turn tor back off. Your search techniques aren't useful. All the information is bought from vendors, and they likely will only send you a file over a peer-2-peer encrypted chat, or in a message with their pgp encryption. Vendors do not talk on forums much to avoid analysis. All you have are user reviews. Vendors come and go.

blhack 8y ago
Maybe we're talking about different things. I don't mean "looking for things" as in: "looking for things to purchase". I mean that I'm looking for the weird hackery message boards of my youth.
- gammateam 8y ago
  It doesn't matter, information is disseminated in encrypted peer 2 peer chats, and nobody will talk to you or give you a username to message them unless you paid them It is not indexed. The only thing that is indexed are reviews, which you can only use the reviews and the escrow systems to have a better chance of not being duped or scammed
  - blhack 8y ago
    I wonder if we're confusing some terms here. When you are saying "the dark net", are you specifically talking about darknet markets? So, for instance: there aren't hosted forums, or other repositories of information? How does somebody get an index of the people to even talk to in these chats?
    - gammateam 8y ago
      It is accurate that you would find these people on dark net marketplaces, and those places frequently also host forums when I say "the dark web", I'm referring to things I know are hosted on TOR. what are you having trouble with here? I told you how to use them, you won't be able to recreate your childhood. The most useful hidden services are the dark net marketplaces, and they do harbor an extremely efficient level of tools, exploits, and more. now that there is a monetization model, and still privacy concerns, you won't have hackers posting stuff just for bragging rights, so there are a variety of reasons why there is nothing to be indexed.
- theNJR 8y ago
  So much this. I miss all those forums, mailing lists and IRC chats. I