#Tor browser search engine software#

TOR through encryption keeps the identities and IP addresses of the people accessing the Dark web untraceable. In TOR the data is encrypted in layers analogous to the layers of an onion.

The Dark Web also called Darknet consists of small networks like friend-to-friend, peer-to-peer, and also large ones like TOR, I2P which are operated by public organizations.

#Tor browser search engine software#

What is the Dark Web?Д®ssentially the dark web is a collection of websites, which are encrypted and which cannot be accessed through ordinary software and conventional search engines like Google, Bing, they require specific browsers for access like The Onion Network or more commonly TOR. It has manifold uses, for example communication, shopping, banking. Internet consumes so much of our time, yet a large number of people donвЂ™t know about the existence of deep web and dark web, which came into the limelight after the Silk Road incident (discussed later).

In 2016 the number of individuals having access to the internet is 3.4 billion with 46.1 percent penetration. The number of people using the internet have increased from 0.4 billion in 2000 with 6.8 percent penetration (percentage of world population), to 1 billion in 2005 with 15.8 percent penetration, then to 2 billion in 2010 with 29.2 percent penetration and then to 3.1 billion in 2015 with 43.4 percent penetration. Data suggests that the number of people having access to the internet has been constantly increasing over the years. Like every invention of science, it also has its advantages and disadvantages. It brings us closer to the world and informs about the happenings at the other side of the globe. The Internet is one of the most important inventions of the century.