Security News > 2020 > May > What is the dark web? Your questions answered, in plain English

Sometimes the term is used in the literal sense of dark to describe a part of the web where the network traffic going to and from it is effectively invisible or untrackable, so that it is dark in the sense of being unilluminated.

There you have it: dark as in evil, and dark as in unilluminated.

Of course, the truth about the dark web is somewhere between "All good" and "All evil".

On the other hand, the dark web undeniably attracts those who want to be anonymous and untraceable because they are evil, and because they want their web servers to be shielded from identification and takedown.

Sadly, some of the content we've seen where these questions are addressed gives you the sort of answers that only really make sense if you already know enough about the dark web to answer them anyway.

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