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The internet's dark side - The dark web

Internet is a modern day miracle. It is a maze of connections transmitting data at light speeds. Almost every home, every business is connected to the internet, faster communication is just a click away. But did you know that this technological marvel has its dark side ?? Which is called the dark web. Consider the world wide Web as an ocean. The surface of the ocean is the surface web, which is the known internet and everything below the surface is the deep web or hidden web. In simple terms, surface web is nothing but the websites which can be accessed by an ordinary browsers like internet explorer, safari, firefox and chrome. The best example for surface web is social networking sites, news websites, shopping website  etc. Deep web cannot be accessed through normal search engines. The best example for deep web is net banking, web mail, government records. The subset of deep web is the dark web. Statistics say that only 30%of internet is surface web and 70% is deep web. How do w