• Axolotl
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    1 month ago

    The dark web is a specific section of the *deep web that can be accessed only using specific software configurations or authorizations

    The name make sense because it’s in fact hidden, dark and makes quite a bit of sense, the problem is that dark things do make people quite a bit scared and that was then weaponized

    And i say that because i don’t want to go against whatever you said but to expand on the (in my opinion, too) simplistic view you shared

    *the deep web is that huge chunk of the internet that is not indexed by any search engine

    • root@lemmy.wtf
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      1 month ago

      there are onion search engines and directories, and “the dark web” refers to ANY onion site