The US helps fund the TOR project so oppressed people can access the Net. But anybody can use TOR to reach the "dark web". Have you used it? How was your experience?
In the spirit of this question, should I have asked it anonymously?

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The US helps fund the TOR project so oppressed people can access the Net. But anybody can use TOR to reach the "dark web". Have you used it? How was your experience?
In the spirit of this question, should I have asked it anonymously?

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Jaimie JT answered

No I have not. I have heard about the " dark web " but I've never used it and I never would cos I'm scared as' of what I might find . A few weeks ago I was chatting with a friend and trying to remember an unusual book cover I once saw years ago . So I googled " lesbians and horses " or some combination of those words... And I'm kinda scarred for life now from the pics I saw :/ and that was just the "normal web". Then I started thinking what if I had a blood clot in my brain and died of an aneurism right then and that was the last history on my browser .. And my loved ones and friends saw that ... I'm staying away from the " dark web " then , cos :/ .... Anyway ... This is the book cover I was looking for, I found it!!! :)

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Woof Woofy answered

i downloaded tor once because yahoo answers kept suspending my accounts, decided to try tor to hid myself from yahoo but i accidently made my way to the dark web part (the links on tor are not informative so i had no idea what i clicked on but it wasn't cool. They were selling illegal drugs and what not.. It freaked me out so i deleted tor from my computer. (that was before i moved from windows to chrome os / chromebook... (i feel a lot safer now)

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Dear Didge,

No I have not used TOR (The Onion Router). Actually I learned about it from you, on Ask.com. I looked into it then, but the price you pay for the anonymity is apparently the NSA and others could be more likely to check on you...

It's interesting that TOR was developed by the US Department of Defense... now operated as a non-profit. The hassle of being a bit suspect would be worth it for journalists, police, people living in a dictatorship, that kind of situation...but I decided to stay on the regular web and just keep my nose clean.

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And as for your anonymity in posting, I am glad you used your own ID.

Answer 4

I'll admit I played with it some a couple years ago and also BLUNT. Dark web and very encrypted . Didn't really see a need for it for me but it was interesting about all the layers to hide e-mails and such. Too many weird sites for my taste but it was interesting for a bit. TOR and BLUNT remind me of Bangkok ! Anything you might want ? You can get.

The US helps fund the TOR project so oppressed people can access the Net. But anybody can use TOR to reach the "dark web". Have you used it? How was your experience? In the spirit of this question, should I have asked it anonymously?

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The US helps fund the TOR project so oppressed people can access the Net. But anybody can use TOR to reach the "dark web". Have you used it? How was your experience?
In the spirit of this question, should I have asked it anonymously?