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dark web
[ dahrk web ]
noun
- the portion of the internet that is intentionally hidden from search engines, uses masked IP addresses, and is accessible only with a special web browser: part of the deep web.
Word History and Origins
Origin of dark web1
Example Sentences
Investigators found thousands of photographs and videos of his abuse, which he had filmed and uploaded onto the dark web.
Confidential prison layouts had been leaked onto the dark web in the past two weeks, according to The Times.
The U.S. government estimates that in 2021, 80% of cryptocurrency transactions across the whole dark web took place through Hydra, Russia’s then-reigning cyber-cartel.
Much of Hydra’s interface would have looked familiar to anyone who’s used the dark web marketplace Silk Road or its myriad knock-off clones: you can glance through the forums and customer reviews to check which pills and powders will rock your socks off and which will leave you feeling worse than Uma Thurman in “Pulp Fiction.”
Dark web marketplaces seen by the BBC suggest some of the same online sellers in China are advertising nitazenes in bulk as well as adulterated benzodiazepines.
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