Dark Web: Safe or unsafe? Truth Revealed!

 

The dark web is the part of the internet that is not visible to search engines. With the advancement in technology, digitization has resulted in different types of attacks. We can talk to anyone as long as we have an internet connection. The main concern is with privacy and anonymity in mind. 

A team of computer scientists and mathematicians working for one branch of the US navy which is known as the Naval Research laboratory (NRL), developed a new technology known as Onion Routing.

It allows anonymous communication where the source and destination cannot be determined by the third party. A network using the Onion Routing technique is classified as Darknet. The NRL released the Onion Routing Technique and it became The Onion Router, also known as TOR.

Advantages of Dark Web 

• Humans are allowed to hold privacy and express their views freely.

• Privacy is considered to be critical for honest persons through the different criminals and stalkers. 

• The growing tendency of employers to track posts on social media also can make it hard to interact in honest discussions publicly. 

• For undercover law enforcement officials to communicate, the Dark Web recognition is perfect for the search of criminals.

• Usage in cryptocurrencies to hide the intentions and identity of any person.

Disadvantages of the Dark Web

• The dark web could make it less complicated to dedicate a number of the worst crimes. For example, the combination of the dark web and cryptocurrencies theoretically makes it a whole lot less complicated to rent a person to commit a murder.

• The Dark Web users have the guarantee of their privacy but on the other hand, it can be used to violate the privacy of the persons which includes private photos, Drug records, and financial information.

Challenges under the Dark Web

In India, there had been instances in the past year in Chennai & Mumbai wherein LSD was bought at the dark web the usage of bitcoins.

In terms of evidence, the Internet Protocol address is simply one of the factors. There are continually a few linkages that may be established. Gathering proof on the dark web internet is relatively hard, however now no longer not possible as a few humans have a tendency to believe.

The dark web has self-damaging mailboxes and proxy servers wherein humans can use fake IDs. It really makes it hard to show a selected price and there may be a demand for modification to the Information Technology Act and Evidence Act.

The Information Technology Act presently deals with cybercrime is at heart a code of e-commerce and is derived under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology. There are only six sections in the law that deal with cybercrime. With the changing times, we want a code of criminal methods handling cybercrime that could come under the Ministry of Home Affairs, which deals with policing issues.

By: Tithi Pankaj

(Legal Intern, WCSF)

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