Neo-Nazi group moves to 'Dark Web' after website goes down
Source: Reuters
AUGUST 15, 2017 / 9:44 AM / 8 MINUTES AGO
Jim Finkle
TORONTO (Reuters) - Neo-Nazi website the Daily Stormer, which helped organize a gathering in Virginia on Saturday that turned violent, moved to the so-called Dark Web on Tuesday because its registration to use the open internet was revoked.
GoDaddy Inc and Alphabet Inc's Google canceled Daily Stormer's Internet registration on Monday, saying the group had violated terms of service, which prohibit clients from using their sites to incite violence.
Andrew Anglin, the founder of Daily Stormer, did not respond to requests for comment.
Supporters of Daily Stormer took to Twitter on Tuesday to tell people they could gain access to the website on the Dark Web, a portion of the Internet that is not indexed by popular search engines. It can only be seen with a special browser, which hides the identity and location of the users.
Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-virginia-protests-daily-stormer-idUSKCN1AV1HY?il=0
jmowreader
(50,559 posts)But if there's a virus that bricks the computer of anyone accessing the site so badly they have to buy a new machine, someone needs to plant that virus on Daily Stormer's server.
Dark n Stormy Knight
(9,760 posts)Mentions how the neoNazis must pay with blood, iirc.
That's worrisome. I was just kinda hoping they'd the white weasel's site. Then again, Anonymous put out that video warning the Russians against interfering in our elections. Not sure they did much good against that threat. Still, you never know.
Xipe Totec
(43,890 posts)wryter2000
(46,051 posts)A small victory.
Adrahil
(13,340 posts)Dave Starsky
(5,914 posts)It provides convenient, one-stop shopping for them for all of their torture porn, human trafficking, and meth.
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)Hides identities? Well, I'll be.
Well, that's where I'D go, if I were trying to start a revolution and take over the country. But far fewer people will hear of them or be able to join because of their "dark" location. Guess it'll be by word of mouth.
steve2470
(37,457 posts)dark web = .onion addresses only accessible with Tor
If you read that web page thoroughly, you'll learn a ton. Probably more than you ever want to know.
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)herding cats
(19,565 posts)Yes, I believe it is! What a perfect landing spot for them.
steve2470
(37,457 posts)Warpy
(111,274 posts)a couple of years ago and got a lot of pedophiles put into the pokey.
Other people who use Tor have been government, itself, when it wants to cover its tracks, plus protesters in countries with rigid web control.
steve2470
(37,457 posts)I rarely use it and only for giggles, so I don't know the latest.
MrScorpio
(73,631 posts)Where they belong.
Mosby
(16,319 posts)The hacker collectives down in the dark web are not going to like them.
sinkingfeeling
(51,457 posts)IronLionZion
(45,452 posts)they shut down a large black market smuggling ring operating there and lots of terrorists too.
With Trump's FBI, who knows.
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)Gothmog
(145,320 posts)tenderfoot
(8,437 posts)eom
hamsterjill
(15,222 posts)I mean, I know it's something "dark" and underground.
But what is it technically, in non-technical terms of course, please. Is it a direct connection to the web without using a host??????
steve2470
(37,457 posts)To see those, you have to use Tor
https://www.torproject.org/projects/torbrowser.html.en
https://www.torproject.org/about/overview.html.en
So it's easy to see if you use Tor, but the problem is, the NSA and FBI and other agencies monitor Tor. The assumption is, if you're using Tor, you're up to no good (which is true in some cases). Some people use it in repressive countries to be able to communicate, and if you're just plain paranoid, you use it. It's VERY slow but, pretty anonymous.
hamsterjill
(15,222 posts)n/t
VermontKevin
(1,473 posts)steve2470
(37,457 posts)If you don't mind me asking. Never heard of this usage, thanks!
VermontKevin
(1,473 posts)when you refresh. I just look things up when I need to.
IronLionZion
(45,452 posts)because you can't get there through Google or other search engines. It's used by people who want to be secretive and anonymous: criminals, terrorists, child predators, etc.
Here is some light reading for you:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_web
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_web
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onion_routing
hamsterjill
(15,222 posts)Frightening!
Thanks for the better understanding.