There is no denial that deep web or dark web is the sanctuary of many secrets. As in life, secrets can be either harmful or in some cases protective. From times to times you hear vague definitions of words such as Deep Web, Tor , anonymity but as years pass a thing is made more profound. Deep Web and anonymous browsing are here to stay. The Internet has provided unfathomable magnitude in the free speech expression but as time goes by and data is handled and collected by few major firms, public opinion is gradually more concerned about its privacy. If you saw a stranger staring at your window and offered you new ways to improve your groceries you would probably panic and call the police. That’s the case with the Web today, when you must give consent to third party monitoring for every activity you make.
For that reason, a growing population (estimated 2 million users everyday) has started using anonymous and multilayered browsers. Is it safe? Yes and no. Is it worth it? That depends, as economists say, on the consumer’s equilibrium, which is the cost ( of a malicious person following you on the Deep Web, slower access etc ) and the utility gained ( from the evaluation of the anonymity of your information). “Shady people” and their transactions always find a dark corner to hide but astonishingly more “everyday” people see their information privacy utility outweigh it’s cost, using the same platform as the latter ones. Unfortunately, major firms have neglected an instinct that the anthropologist Jared Diamond observes in undomesticated animals, that of privacy. It will not be a surprise if in a few years everyone uses anonymous browsers, VPN and blockchain for its transactions. After all, the code of the genes is stronger than any software one.
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