You gotta be the change you want to see. Start putting every site you register/lease a domain for on the clear web also on the tor network with it's own onion address that you really own. I do it and now I get plenty of good traffic (along with all the bots/scans) over Tor to my technical hobby (radio) sites.

It's a better system that doesn't require you to trust the DNS companies to stand up to political/business/other pressure.

So.. At this point it's no secret that hostile nation state actors run a large number(majority) of Tor relays and exits and target users using their favorite 0 day of the month in addition to revealing their real IP.

Is it wise or even safe to use Tor at this point? The Tor network was not designed to be resistant to the current and very active global adversaries.

I say this because of all the comments I am reading about supporting Tor and having an onion service. If you are someone who still thinks Tor is safe,can you explain to me what threat model would make it a relevant solution? No matter how I look at it all the threat actors Tor might help against can either deanonymize you or they are so resource bound,using a reputable VPN will thwart them just as well (with the reduced risk of a hostile 'exit')

At this point,I think recommending Tor might actually be dangerous. Looking Forward to the Orchid project to go live.

Enjoyed the Experian video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjrydnr_pvQ

I can't get past the irony of Experian making a tool to help people find out if their personal data is being traded without their knowledge.

Here, I translated it:

"Is your personal information already being traded on Experian?

Find out on the dark web. Right now we're offering a one-time Experian scan completely free.

Go to xyz.onion/scan to see if your information is on Experian.

Then learn how the dark web can protect your identity.

Act now to keep your personal information safe."

Quite interested in legal action against Experian. As a person who has faced a lot of cyberstalking in the past, I enrolled in their dark web product mostly for kicks (and it was free).

... then I posted my name buried in a long post in the most popular Tor forum.

Zero notifications months later.

I'm actually shocked that the "dark web" makes up anywhere close to 6% (not sure what that's a percent of, I assume it's 6% of all websites).

That seems pretty high, but admittedly I don't head down that route very often.

I had trouble explaining someone what the Deep Web was. I was using the analogy : "Imagine the Internet without google.". I also tried to say "Imagine you only had access to a set of links to find content". I was unable to get over this mental hurdle when explaining this to them.

Actually, "dark-web" is not (yet) in the list of words the bulshit generator uses. The whole generator function is in `#mk-boxed-layout script` (viewable in the element inspector) along with the word list it uses.

  var verbs = Array('aggregate', 'architect', 'benchmark', 'brand', 'cultivate', 'deliver', 'deploy', 'disintermediate', 'drive', 'e-enable', 'embrace', 'empower', 'enable', 'engage', 'engineer', 'enhance', 'envisioneer', 'evolve', 'expedite', 'exploit', 'extend', 'facilitate', 'generate', 'grow', 'harness', 'implement', 'incentivize', 'incubate', 'innovate', 'integrate', 'iterate', 'leverage', 'matrix', 'maximize', 'mesh', 'monetize', 'morph', 'optimize', 'orchestrate', 'productize', 'recontextualize', 'redefine', 'reintermediate', 'reinvent', 'repurpose', 'revolutionize', 'scale', 'seize', 'strategize', 'streamline', 'syndicate', 'synergize', 'synthesize', 'target', 'transform', 'transition', 'unleash', 'utilize', 'visualize', 'whiteboard');
          
  var adjectives = Array('24/365', '24/7', 'B2B', 'B2C', 'back-end', 'best-of-breed', 'bleeding-edge', 'bricks-and-clicks', 'clicks-and-mortar', 'collaborative', 'compelling', 'cross-platform', 'cross-media', 'customized', 'cutting-edge', 'distributed', 'dot-com', 'dynamic', 'e-business', 'efficient', 'end-to-end', 'enterprise', 'extensible', 'frictionless', 'front-end', 'global', 'granular', 'holistic', 'impactful', 'innovative', 'integrated', 'interactive', 'intuitive', 'killer', 'leading-edge', 'magnetic', 'mission-critical', 'next-generation', 'one-to-one', 'open-source', 'out-of-the-box', 'plug-and-play', 'proactive', 'real-time', 'revolutionary', 'rich', 'robust', 'scalable', 'seamless', 'sexy', 'sticky', 'strategic', 'synergistic', 'transparent', 'turn-key', 'ubiquitous', 'user-centric', 'value-added', 'vertical', 'viral', 'virtual', 'visionary', 'web-enabled', 'wireless', 'world-class');
          
  var nouns = Array('action-items', 'applications', 'architectures', 'bandwidth', 'channels', 'communities', 'content', 'convergence', 'deliverables', 'e-business', 'e-commerce', 'e-markets', 'e-services', 'e-tailers', 'experiences', 'eyeballs', 'functionalities', 'infomediaries', 'infrastructures', 'initiatives', 'interfaces', 'markets', 'methodologies', 'metrics', 'mindshare', 'models', 'networks', 'niches', 'paradigms', 'partnerships', 'platforms', 'portals', 'relationships', 'ROI', 'synergies', 'web-readiness', 'schemas', 'solutions', 'supply-chains', 'systems', 'technologies', 'users', 'vortals', 'web services');

Such complete bs. The media has always felt threatened by the Internet and has made it the bad guy over and over since it came into existence. The only way to put an end to this is to put an end to these breathless media outlets that promote mass hysteria. Fake news.

>Check out his mum's face - he is so grounded!

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