Sudden spike of Tor users likely caused by one “massive” botnet
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[QUOTE=viperfan7;42090572]I'm sorry but the link in your title is one of the strangest things I've ever seen[/QUOTE]
why
[QUOTE=Sgt Doom;42088231](and perhaps North Korea, though their solution is simply to only allow people access to a national intranet not connected at all to the wider Internet)[/QUOTE]
North Korea does have a small number of leased netblocks that are routable, so you know at least some of the DPRK can see the internet in its entirety :v:
[QUOTE=cucumber;42095965]dumfucks it got nothing to do with botnets.[/QUOTE]
These aren't Tor users, they're apparently just there to slow shit down. Lots of hidden services (.onion domains) have been slow or unreachable for several days as a result.
[editline]6th September 2013[/editline]
[QUOTE=GhostG45;42090149]There's a difference between "the dark web" and using TOR. The dark web generally requires a series of executables/passwords/etc. to gain access to the sort of content that is not legal to be hosted on the world wide web (child pornography, drug trade, etc.). TOR just masks your trace on the internet, so people (like ISPs who may not appreciate illegal downloading very much) can't see what you're doing. That could mean anything from ISPs to websites that inject cookies to track your browsing history to try to collect data on you that you may want to keep private.
There are plenty of uses for the average internet user who [i]cares[/i] about their privacy or wants to avoid attention from their ISP, employers, or online businesses/organizations trying to track them for purposes of data collection and etc.
[editline]5th September 2013[/editline]
Note I am not an internet expert and do not fully understand a lot of the hoo-ha, but I have an interest in it and know a little bit, just not very much. So if I'm off-base with anything I say, forgive me for my misjudgments.[/QUOTE]
You've got most of this right, but just as an FYI to any Tor users out there who aren't super well-versed with Tor, cookies can still be used to uniquely identify you and track you even if you start using Tor.
^ doesn't know what he is talking about
[QUOTE=cucumber;42110965]^ doesn't know what he is talking about[/QUOTE]
that wasn't a very convincing rebuttal there
[QUOTE=Big Dumb American;42088032]Maybe I'm just not nerd enough, but I'm not sure I understand the appeal of "the dark web" and TOR for the average internet user. Curiosity might compel you to check it out, but what is there to keep you returning? It seems like it's almost entirely abandoned websites and databases full of old useless info, with a large presence of disturbing illegal content and cyber-threats, like advanced viruses and malware and hackers and junk like that. What isn't actively dangerous or deeply disturbing is either extremely mundane or readily available on the regular internet as well. There aren't many practical uses I can think of, excepting the possibility of trading for harmless black market shit or bypassing oppressive content filters in a developing nation.[/QUOTE]
I have a friend who used it for buying hormones online which he otherwise couldn't have received due to really dumb laws and money issues
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