Archived Dark Webs Got a Bad Rep: 7 in 10 People Want It Shut Down, Study Shows (wired.com)
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Archived Dark Webs Got a Bad Rep: 7 in 10 People Want It Shut Down, Study Shows (wired.com)
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[–] Sciency 0 points 26 points 26 points (+26|-0) ago (edited ago)
Shutting down the dark net is litterally the same thing as making sites that arent listed by search engines illegal... Granting complete control of the data on the internet to corperations. Which have backdoors the govt has uncontested access to. Bad idea.
Freedom to communicate electronically is 50% of what makes the internet empowering, and encryption is the other half. If they take either of those, the internet becomes about as useful as facebook.
[–] [deleted] 0 points 4 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago
[–] the_spectre 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Like not upgrading your router...which is what most people do anyway.
[–] SomewhatNeutral 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago (edited ago)
No, that's precisely the idea.
"Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers."
[–] Tb0n3 ago
You're thinking of the "deep web". Dak Web is TOR and the like.
[–] Sciency ago
Ive always heard the two terms used interchangeably, but you could be right.
[–] CobraStallone 0 points 21 points 21 points (+21|-0) ago
7 in 10 people don't know what the fuck they are talking about. What a surprise.
[–] rudditrenbyfascists 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
I know right. It's almost the perfect percentage to be highly useful for legit purposes.
[–] fnork 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
They know what they're told by media such as Wired.
[–] pepepepepe 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago (edited ago)
Funny that 7 in 10 listen and believe the media narrative of the spooky dark web full of drugs, hitmen, and child pornographers, but only 4 in 10 actually trust the media at all.
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[–] Joe_McCarthy 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
Pedophiles, drug dealers, hitmen, and terrorists, to be precise.
But then is that really an unreasonable belief?
[–] Tb0n3 0 points 4 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago
If they can't operate safely over it then nobody can.
[–] TheTrigger 0 points 4 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago
Yes.
[–] fnork ago
Yes it is. You find what you look for.
[–] NorwegianBlackMetal 1 point 9 points 10 points (+10|-1) ago
Yeah good luck shutting it down, if that was easy, it would have happened.
7 of 10 grandmas are offended. stfu grandma
[–] schwanstucker 1 point 8 points 9 points (+9|-1) ago
"Study shows..." I love that. "Studies show" has been the best way to get false information out to common folk. Many "studies" are prepared with skewed or completely false information, and they later have to be retracted to correct them. That there is even a site called "retraction watch" tells a great deal.
[–] pepepepepe 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Lies, damned lies, and statistics, as the saying goes.
[–] fnork 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
Wired is a fucking joke nowadays.
[–] Phaseman 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Can't even read it because I have Ublock, they don't like Ublock. Fuck them , I not paying to read their dumb shit.
[–] N0really 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
You'll never "shut it down" they'll just make it illegal. And that's worked so well for drugs... if there is a market for something it won't matter if you murder people in the streets. People will continue that that is illegal. Retards believe government can shut things down.
[–] Satchmo 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
People are idiots: 7/10 people want impossible things, study shows