The Dark Web is a hidden universe within the Deep Web. It defines as a sublayer of the Internet hidden from conventional search engines. Search engines like Google, BING, and Yahoo only search .04% of the indexed or surface Internet. The other 99.96% of the Web consists of databases, private academic and government networks, and the Dark Web. The Dark Web is estimated at 550 times larger than the surface Web and growing. Because you can operate anonymously, the Dark Web holds a wealth of stolen data and illegal activity.
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