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Darknet – Wikipedia From the free encyclopedia This is latest accepted revision reviewed on November Jump to navigation search article about network technology For other uses see disambiguation websites that exist top of this dark web A net or darknet an overlay within Internet can only be accessed with specific software configurations authorization and often a unique customised communication protocol Two typical types are social networks usually used for file hosting peer-to-peer connection anonymity proxy such as Tor via anonymized series connections The term ‘darknet’ was popularised by major news outlets associate Onion services when infamous drug bazaar Silk Road it despite terminology being unofficial Technology I P Freenet intended defend digital rights providing security censorship resistance both illegal legitimate reasons Anonymous between whistle-blowers activists journalists organisations also facilitated darknets through use applications SecureDrop Contents Terminology Origins Sub-cultures Uses Software Active No longer supported Defunct See References edit originally described computers ARPANET were hidden programmed receive messages but not respond acknowledge anything thus remaining invisible in An account detailed how first online transaction related drugs transpired students Massachusetts Institute Stanford University traded marijuana using accounts former’s Artificial Intelligence Laboratory Since usage has expanded include friend-to-friend sharing privacy reciprocal clearnet surface referring content indexable engines interchangeably due quantity Tor’s inaccurately deep history platform could search-indexed Mixing these terms been inaccurate some commentators recommending distinct fashions coined s designate isolated from government-founded military academical which evolved into purposes addresses data did appear lists would answer pings inquiries gained public acceptance following publication Future Content Distribution paper Peter Biddle Paul England Marcus Peinado Bryan Willman four employees Microsoft who argued presence primary hindrance development workable management DRM technologies made copyright infringement inevitable more generally any type parallel encrypted requires allow user connect Journalist J D Lasica his book Hollywood’s War Against Digital Generation darknet’s reach encompassing Subsequently journalist Jamie Bartlett Dark Net describe range underground emergent subcultures including camgirls cryptoanarchists markets self harm communities media racists transhumanists Darknets general may various To better protect citizens targeted mass surveillance Computer crime cracking corruption etc Protecting dissidents political reprisal File warez personal files pornography confidential counterfeit Sale restricted goods Whistleblowing leaks Purchase sale illicit Circumventing content-filtering systems bypassing restrictive firewall policies All require installed access them browser Vidalia aka bundle 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