The Dark Web isn’t *all* bad! | #AskFirefox

Let's be honest, while we've heard of the Dark Web, our understanding of it is mostly what we see on the news, or in TV and film, right? (And you know our favorite crime drama is THE most reliable source of info we’ve got...). Watch this week’s episode of #AskFirefox to get a crash course on the Dark Web – how it came to be, what it’s actually like and how it can be a helpful tool for those living in heavily censored territories.

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[philrussell]

The dark web is what spiders do at night

[Total-Wombat]

You're on the right track, but you still missed the mark. Couldn't you have worked with Torproject to provide a more accurate and less fearmongery explanation?

Explain what "the dark web" actually means and provide better terms to use instead, e.g Tor's onion services, I2P's eepsites, Freenet's freesites. Tell the history of Freenet and Tor in a better manner as to not conflate the two. And advocate wholesome usage of "the dark web", which is just the safer internet, and give a list of legal sites one could use, Reddit is actually one of them.

[HarrisonBorbarrison]

Ogres have layers. Like onions have layers.