How to find dark web?

I guess I need tools like tor and VPN and stuff.

But where do I go as a starting point?

Don't worry , I'm not planning anything illegal. I just wanna visit both worlds before I die.

Download the tor browser on linux, google for the hidden onion wiki and then you can browse it

Start by turning of the lights...

google "reddit darkmarkets"

For starters get a dark theme for your browser.

And you're done!

@netikras An for experts: A blavk hoodie.

Why VPN? It's not like the dark web is illegal

@dudeking you forgot to handle DNS leakage but close enough.

@Codex404 why else do people use tor? - seriously question here 😅

@C0D4 whistleblowers and reporters do, it a more secure way to visit a website after all. Hell, even facebook has an onion site afaik.
Tor, I2P, and other privacy tools are not just for criminals.

@endor yes FB has a .onion address.
I don't get it, how to be anonymous in a social platform that is 100% unanimous.

Well whistleblowers seem to be illegal these days too, so you know.

@C0D4 I use tor on a daily basis for simple privacy purposes :)

With Tor browser

@C0D4 the point is to not let others snoop in on what you're doing.
Facebook may not be a great example, but surely there are many other legitimate websites that are available through tor just to ensure the safety of their user's connections.

@endor I'm sure there is legitimate sites down there, it's just not a well known place to find them.

As for @linuxxx it's just a giant proxy.... wouldn't a VPN be faster?

@C0D4 Often, yes. But vpn services don't have the onion routing design and nowadays it's quite fast actually!

@linuxxx do you use i2p as well? If so, do you have a vps/dedi server hosted somewhere that you use as an access point?

@C0D4 I think there is roughly 4 types of user on Tor:

1) A few criminals

2) Probably some whitehat that don't want to arm anyone but still do illegal stuff.

3) A few journalist / whistleblower that may require it for safety reasons.

4) Tons of regular users that use Tor because they can and care about privacy even if they don't require it. And/or want to protect group 3).

@endor Hardly tbh, might look into setting it up at some point!

@C0D4 more and more sites are legal on tor.

Thank you guys 😈