The title of this Wired article is somewhat over the top. It is about a (then) upcoming Gareth Owen's presentation on 31C3. I just watched it [1] yesterday, an

The title of this Wired article is somewhat over the top. It is about a (then) upcoming Gareth Owen's presentation on 31C3. I just watched it [1] yesterday, and Gareth Owen himself says that this number is the count of a certain kind of hidden service request that should not be confused with "visits" or "visitors", for a number of reasons. The main ones I remember are: - The specific kind of request measured is the first step towards connecting to the service, but may not always represent a complete connection that can be mapped to a individual - Various anti-childporn organizations crawl the dark web constantly searching and indexing child pornography hidden services [1] http://media.ccc.de/browse/congress/2014/31c3_-_6112_-_en_-_saal_2_-_201412301715_-_tor_hidden_services_and_deanonymisation_-_dr_gareth_owen.html http://media.ccc.de/browse/congress/2014/31c3_-_6112_-_en_-_...