Everybody knows that the Internet has changed the way our society communicates. It has given us the ability to talk with people that are literally across the globe, in real time. Almost all digital footprints can be tracked and traced, or so we thought. The Internet has a much darker side that the common person wouldn’t know about and let alone wouldn’t know how to access. “The dark net or deep web is a private network of portals chat rooms and forums.” They are not found when people use search engines on the regular Web because of privacy and security settings. The regular Internet has 3 ways to track people's paths, cookies IP address, and fingerprints. They allow people or companies to track individuals' interests online. This tracking is usually done by companies who want data on their advertisements or how well parts of their site is doing. When individuals use the dark, there is no virtual footprint and the users cannot be tracked. This is a dangerous ground and it’s typically used by people who are buying, selling or engaging in illegal activity. With no virtual footprint nothing is off-limits and sex trafficking, child pornography, and distribution of deadly weapons is more than common.
This is changing the way we communicate because until the dark web was created individuals could still be held accountable for their actions on the Internet in some way or another. Their history could be traced back to them through an IP address and the government could track it back to the exact computer. The government could also put manual trackers on people of interest. But now the dark web has allowed people to communicate their deepest darkest thoughts, and they are greeted by other people with similar horrific ideologies. Pedophiles can share tips and tricks of how to groom young kids, women can be trafficked from one side of the world to the other, and country's trader’s can expose confidential information and risk the security of the nation. All with little to no chance of finding the perpetrator responsible.
Every communication invention has allowed us to deviate further from just talking with people face-to-face. But it has never given people the ability to go completely incognito. The dark web is a dangerous place that attracts dangerous people and allows them to operate with absolutely no restriction. This type of communication is detrimental and threatens the safety of the entire world. If this is the future of communication I do not want to be involved.
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