How to Access the Dark Web

And what you can do in the shadows.

By Carl Engelking
Jun 12, 2019 5:00 AMNov 15, 2019 11:20 PM
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A one-minute download is all you need to access the internet’s subconscious: the dark web. It’s a faceless network where pedophiles, murderers and other ne’er-do-wells shake hands in shadow.

But in that shadow, good also thrives. The dark web hosts book clubs, treatises on freedom, the Bible — all life-threatening material in certain countries. Whistleblowers leak documents to journalists. FBI agents dismantle sex trafficking networks.

Still, even in a network thriving on a promise of anonymity, the breadcrumbs of identity can leave a trail.

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