The United States Congress website has a searchable index of bills, laws, and congressional records. The United States Copyright Office lets you search for copyright information. Elephind indexes nearly 4 million newspapers. IPL’s repository of more than 500,000 academic essays is searchable. Facebook’s search tool is even a Deep Web search engine—you can find lots of users, groups, and Pages that aren’t indexed by mainstream search engines.
For example, if you search for Facebook. com, you can see what Facebook’s homepage looked like in 2006. Not all websites are archived by the WayBack Machine—some webmasters prefer their sites not be indexed and are able to opt out.
For example, if you search for Facebook. com, you can see what Facebook’s homepage looked like in 2006. Not all websites are archived by the WayBack Machine—some webmasters prefer their sites not be indexed and are able to opt out.
Web of Science indexes a variety of multidisciplinary academic articles and citations. PubMed indexes articles about biomedical topics. Some of what is on PubMed is indexed by Google, but you can browse and search the website for difficult-to-find articles. Project Muse lets you search peer-reviewed academic journal articles and e-books about the humanities. Voice of the Shuttle is another humanities-focused resource curated by humans who share helpful and interesting Deep Web content. LexisNexis requires a subscription for most people, but if you’re a student, you may already have one. This tool is invaluable for finding information from magazines, news articles, and even individuals’ public records. Library of Congress’s Digital Collections is home to hundreds of manuscripts, photos, videos, articles, and other historical information you won’t find in Google. Most regional libraries have extensive websites available for members. As a library card holder, you can search dozens to hundreds of databases that you won’t find anywhere on the internet. This includes genealogical information, local news archives, public directories, oral histories, and much more.
The FAA’s Air Traffic Control System Command Center lets you view live flight delays across the United States. Melissa lets you look up and verify the names and addresses of people across the globe. The United States Department of Transportation is home to a great lookup tool that lets you find documented safety issues and recalls by vehicle—just enter your VIN number to find out if your vehicle is safe. Project Gutenberg is home to over 60,000 free eBooks you can read on your eReader, computer, or tablet.
Tor has some added features for security, including the ability to change your location so that websites think you’re in another region.
Tor recommends that you don’t maximize the Tor window, as doing so will publicize your screen size—this could be problematic if you’re trying to be anonymous. [1] X Research source
Tor recommends that you don’t maximize the Tor window, as doing so will publicize your screen size—this could be problematic if you’re trying to be anonymous. [1] X Research source
A mostly safe place to start is The Hidden Wiki, a site that contains a frequently updated set of links to common Dark Web sites including email tools, messaging, website hosting, blogs, and more. Find it at http://zqktlwiuavvvqqt4ybvgvi7tyo4hjl5xgfuvpdf6otjiycgwqbym2qad. onion.
Torch is a commonly used Dark Web search engine with over one million indexed hidden pages. You can access it at xmh57jrknzkhv6y3ls3ubitzfqnkrwxhopf5aygthi7d6rplyvk3noyd. onion. DuckDuckGo, which is also available on the surface web, has a separate Dark Web search engine. You can get there by pointing Tor to https://duckduckgogg42xjoc72x3sjasowoarfbgcmvfimaftt6twagswzczad. onion. If you go to DuckDuckGo’s regular search engine address, which is at DuckDuckGo. com, you’ll only be searching the clear (mainstream) web, not the Dark Web. AHMIA is another Dark Web search engine that indexes non-abusive sites on the Dark Web.
If you go to DuckDuckGo’s regular search engine address, which is at DuckDuckGo. com, you’ll only be searching the clear (mainstream) web, not the Dark Web.
A kill switch for when your VPN goes down. A no-log policy, which can protect you if the government demands log files from your VPN server. Anonymous sign-up. Quick load times. Protection against IP and DNS leaks. The ability to connect via another country’s server.
If you’re on a Mac, you should be fine if you use a VPN and Tor. Just makes sure you’re protected from viruses and other malware—Malwarebytes is a great option for malware protection.
Basically, anything that requires a password, subscription, or even a CAPTCHA to access is part of the Deep Web.
Although the Dark Web is most known for its illegal marketplaces, it’s also used to provide anonymity to journalists, political dissidents, whistleblowers, and the like.
