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.