Looking for some cool things to do on tor browser that are not illegal…

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    1 year ago

    FYI, what you’re talking about is the Dark Web; the Deep Web is different. “Deep Web” refers to places on the regular Internet that are not indexed by Google and the other major search engines; you don’t need Tor to get to them.

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      With the caveat that you should absolutely not do banking or log into anything personal on the clearnet from TOR, although it would surprise me if most sites even allow traffic from known exit nodes. There are a disturbing amount of exit nodes that absolutely monitor outgoing traffic, and if one of those is malicious, the owner can and will steal your shit. And that’s just the exit nodes not controlled by law enforcement. https://blog.torproject.org/tor-security-advisory-relay-early-traffic-confirmation-attack/

      I wouldn’t recommend using TOR without first routing through a VPN, as entry guard nodes are another target for law enforcement, and receive your IP address when you connect.

  • 𝕸𝖔𝖘𝖘@infosec.pub
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    1 year ago

    Go here and peruse: darkfailenbsdla5mal2mxn2uz66od5vtzd5qozslagrfzachha3f3id.onion

    Look, but don’t touch.

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    Tor these days is useless. Just shit you can get elsewhere except you’re going trough the FBI’s exit node. The kinds of interesting stuff you could only get from the dark web has all moved onto the federation, and, well, you’re here, aren’t you?

    EDIT: Also a few compromised exit nodes have been distributing malware so make sure you have an actual AV not a scam one like Norton.

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      Random memory, but the early Norton suite on the Mac was like this amazing Swiss Army knife; it has fallen from great heights to the pit of hell.

  • Call me Lenny/Leni@lemm.ee
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    I’m not sure if my answers will help as I have gone super deep into the deep web and not everyone can do that, which is probably natural given what I’ve done. I’ve gone far enough down that I can find places where I can randomly spectate on things like Mario Kart battle tournaments (as in I found Nintendo’s stash servers).

    The other problem is, if something isn’t illegal on the deep web, it’s typically some generic thing like Galaxy3 that has no extraordinary aspects and is just taking advantage of the privacy, though even then people make it illegal, which is why they closed Blackbook (even the tame things on the shops are often stolen items). It’s why I use it surprisingly infrequently.

    Someone here gave perhaps the best suggestion, to find lost media you can’t find elsewhere. Or you can do this.

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      For implicit privacy. Everything we’re doing here can be traced back to our physical locations by numerous intermediate parties. Saying that only illegal behavior belongs on the dark web is the same as saying only criminals need encryption or locks on their door.

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      Black Markets and CSAM are not the only things available. There are also development forums that you can learn things from. And memes.