Newbie here wanting simple info!

Just know that you can't un-see some things. A lot of the dark web addresses begin with numbers. That may make it harder to find on your phone. (Plus pulling any of these sites up on an IP address on your phone is really sketchy and will Make it easier to for the Feds to track you down. ) Other resources (think the Silk Road or some derivative thereof) are only reachable by downloading software via torrents.

I know it seems dark and exciting...please be careful. You will have knowledge that no one will believe. People will think you are crazy...and you'll feel alone because you know that it's all true...no one believed me for 3 years that the NSA was watching us.. Until Snowden proved me right. Now no one is laughing.

The deep web really has to do with: -human trafficking -hurtcore (think real-life Hostel where Sadists do horrific things to people on camera for money...did I say people, because I meant slaves. This is some traumatizing sh*t that I wish I could scrub from my brain. I feel very alone knowing this goes on. I never EVER looked for this, I just read about it. -Hard Candy- child pornography (and see above) -Black Market -Remote access to webcams, cameras, cellphones, desktops -cache

If you are a sadist and feel like going to jail, go ahead and google it on your phone.

Anything on your computer that even hints at Hard Candy is illegal and the government does not mess around when it comes to sickos. Your a** would get Jared Fogled really quickly, and rightfully so.

Someone close to be worked for a government agency and had top level security clearance. He warned me that this exists but to tread carefully. There is a dark f-ed up side of the Internet. It's not a game. Its the rest of the iceberg. We (as civilians) only see the tip of it all. The dark web is where hope and dreams and people go to die. I have nightmares all the time and have been caused a great deal of anguish because of what I know. My close friend has PTSD and on disability. The deep web seems dark and mysterious, but too much knowledge is not power, it's crippling.

Be careful..indulge yourself but remember it comes with a price tag: -knowing that stuff is happening, that you have no control over. -not being able to prove it because it's illegal to access in the first place. If you turn people in you are just incriminating yourself.. And -no one will believe you.

Good luck on your journey.

Be safe and thanks for reading.

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