Matthew Beckstrom, Brady Lund

Casting Light on the Dark Web (eBook, ePUB)

A Guide for Safe Exploration

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Covers topics from what the dark web is, to how it works, to how you can use it, to some of the myths surrounding it. Casting Light on the Dark Web: A Guide for Safe Exploration is an easy-to-read and comprehensive guide to understanding how the Dark Web works and why you should be using it! Readers will be led on a tour of this elusive technology from how to download the platform for personal or public use, to how it can best be utilized for finding information. This guide busts myths and informs readers, while remaining jargon-free and entertaining. Useful for people of all levels of internet knowledge and experience.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 132
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. September 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781538120941
• Artikelnr.: 56926841

Autorenporträt

Matthew Beckstrom was born and raised in Montana. He received an Associate's degree in Computer Science from the University of Montana, and then later, a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from Montana State University. After working in various technology jobs, he finally settled into the job of systems manager at the Lewis & Clark Library in Helena in 1999. In 2012, he received his Master's degree in Information Science from the University of North Texas after receiving a grant from the Montana State Library to attend library school.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 - What is the Dark Web? What is the dark web? Ways to access the
dark web What is the value of the dark web? What can it do for me? Chapter
2 - History of the Internet and Dark Web Beginner's overview of Information
Theory Basic history of the Internet Understanding privacy needs on the
early Internet From the deep web to the dark web Freenet I2P Tor Chapter 3
- How It Works: The Dark Details Introduction Understanding the Internet
The Dark Web Chapter 4 - Distinguishing Fact from Fiction: Is the Dark Web
Really Dark? How do we define the dark web? Myth 1: The Dark Web is the
place where terrorists go to buy weapons and plan attacks Myth 2: The Dark
Web is mostly a marketplace for illicit drugs Myth 3: The Dark Web has no
value to an "upstanding" citizen Myth 4: It is illegal to use the Dark Web
Myth 5: The dark web will steal my personal information Myth 6: I need to
buy some special hardware or software in order to use the dark web Some
prominent reports on the dark web Chapter 5 - How to Access the Dark Web
How to Install Tor How to Install Freenet How to Install I2P Similarities
and Differences Between Platforms How to Choose Which Platform to Use Is
Installing the Dark Web Legal? Should I Let My Child Download the Dark Web?
Chapter 6 - How to Browse Using the Dark Web How to Browse Tor How to
Browse Freenet How to Browse I2P Brief History of Dark Websites Major Dark
Websites Chapter 7 - Addressing Legal and Ethical Concerns History of legal
and ethical issues on the dark web Examples of the illegal content on the
dark web How to avoid illegal content on the dark web Limiting others'
access of illegal content on the dark web Can the dark web be "taken down"
and why you should care Chapter 8 - Research and Advocacy on the Dark Web
Dark web research Infrastructure Advocacy Financial opportunity Chapter 9 -
Your Future With the Dark Web A Tale of Internet Past The big pitch Final
Words The End