What's the Difference? image by Michael Podger , designer, West Yorkshire "Dew on a Web" Clear Web The "Clear Web" is the experience you are enjoying now. Searchable using common search engines, sites here are reliable and get millions of hits over time. Privacy? Forget it. Your IP address is often tracked by advertisers and others eager to see your preferences and sell merchandise or opinion. Optionally, "Private" versions of popular browsers limit this activity by deleting information between browser sessions, but while you are live online browser plugins such as Flash, RealPlayer, Quicktime and others can be manipulated into revealing your IP address. Dark Web (aka "DarkNet") Anonymity is the whole point of the Dark Web. Providing you do not install plugins or addons, the Tor browser that you will be using to navigate the Dark Web bounces your activity all over the web so that your original IP address is unt...
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