What is the Deep Web?

Deep Web is the English term used to denote the regions of the internet not found in search services and traditional web browsers. Also known as Invisible Web (invisible internet) or hidden web (hidden internet), this network does not go unnoticed due to its size: it is estimated to be 400 to 500 times bigger than the Surface Web (our acquaintance world Wide Web).

How does it work?

To understand how the Deep Web works, it is first necessary to understand how the traditional internet works: sites are found through link systems and search engines, based on research techniques and information archiving.

In other words, the site you want to find has allowed search engines like Google ou Bing register your address (also called domain) on the network so you could find it in search.

Na Deep Web, the sites refuse to provide this type of information. To find them, it is then necessary to do direct searches to find non-linkable databases. In layman's terms, it means to say that the search leaves the search engine and starts to be done directly on the website itself. That is, you need to know WHERE Search for.

What do they do on the Deep Web?

This ease of transiting and hiding information attracts many people with interests that are not always lawful. In October 2013, for example, researchers from the FBI turned off the Silk Road (Silk Road, a term in English that alludes to the mercantile route that linked China to the Mediterranean Sea), well-known online black market where users could buy weapons, drugs and even order assassinations.

Of course, not everything that travels through this “deep internet” is illicit. Personal data such as bank transactions, conversations Whatsapp, Facebook Messenger, Hangouts (instant messaging in general) or photo albums e discussion groups (as long as they are private), and even file types are also included in the account. In short, everything that is hidden from search engines.

Many people enter Deep Web to look for e-books, scientists use them to research cases for some study, university students use them to delve into some subject, and so on. The “dark side of the internet”, as it is called, becomes, in fact, dark, depending on the intention of who is accessing it.

It is worth mentioning here that everyone can access the Deep Web easily, but not everyone can access the hidden network. As good as you may have, redirectors to unwanted links will want to send you down the darkest path, and it can be very dangerous if you don't know what to do if that happens.

To facilitate the understanding of these concepts, the American website Mashable prepared a 2-minute video, where he explains a general notion of this “hidden internet”. See below:

Paying attention to the school in Suzano

The massacre that took place this past Wednesday (13) in Suzano, São Paulo, has direct links with the illicit use of Deep Web. Those responsible for the school attack, Guilherme Taucci Monteiro, 17, and Luiz Henrique de Castro, 25, reportedly shared information related to the massacre on the forum. dogolochan and would have been helped by members of the forum on how to obtain firearms and tips on how to commit murder.

According to the investigation, the forum dogolochan, created in 2013, was frequented by the assassins for a little over a year, and they discussed various subjects that mainly violate human rights, such as racism, misogyny and homophobia.

In fact, the same forum is linked to the Realengo Massacre (RJ), when, in April 2011, Wellington Menezes killed 11 children at a school in Realengo, and then committed suicide.

At the time, after the massacre, the assassin was treated as a hero by forum regulars. dogolochan, and the same is happening with the duo responsible for the attack in Suzano (SP). Many congratulate the act, and others express a desire to do something similar.

Message to the curious

A Deep Web it is a place rich with information of all kinds – even the most illicit. It is worth remembering that, as much as the innocence of your curiosity to one day want to enter the Deep Web, know that it is a place where you can find any type of content, including those that are not correct according to human rights.

Stay tuned on the forums and websites you visit, by the way, no one wants the Federal Police, or the FBI, knocking on their door the next day.

Sources: brightplanet, Mashable.