Everything Changes So Fast
Darknet marketplace vendors sell of some truly unique items. They offer, of course, plenty of ‘get rich quick’ schemes and services such as the one below. This ad is for a sports betting tipping service. It was posted by someone who has “connections with top tipsters on the world” and that specializes in “EU / […]
Online illicit markets
The darknet provides a relatively anonymous environment in which to buy and sell illicit goods and services. Transactions take place in illicit markets that operate in a similar fashion to eBay and Amazon. The markets invite independent vendors to create profiles and product pages which customers browse. Customers add products to their carts and pay […]
Mapping the darknet
By all accounts, the public internet is a big place. According to some estimates, the public internet now hosts over 1 billion websites. Experts predict that internet users will send or receive in 2019 over 2 zettabytes of data. In common terms, that’s 2 billion terabytes (see figure below). If you can’t see the circle […]
