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[deleted] t1_ixayk5k wrote

Dark Web used to just mean sites that weren't searchable on sites like Google. Guess they have changed the definition to be TOR sites instead? Is that the norm now?

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amatulic t1_ixb0i0x wrote

TOR sites aren't searchable on sites like Google, so they fit that original definition. Google's objective is to index everything, so the open-internet sites remaining that haven't been searched by one of the major search engines are probably negligible.

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[deleted] t1_ixb16cj wrote

Not true at all, lots of major sites aren't searchable by Google. Like Google can't see my private social media accounts.

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SnooComics2162 t1_ixb1ryl wrote

Deep Web - unsearchable internet stuff like medical records, private social media accounts Dark Web - only accessible through Tor or another similar browser

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[deleted] t1_ixb25wa wrote

Hmm, interesting although those terms have shifted in the last 20 years.

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amatulic t1_ixb6g6k wrote

That isn't dark web, that's just putting a noindex meta tag on HTML pages you don't want search engines to index. or password-protecting pages with htaccess. Anyone who knows how to get to the pages can still do so with a normal browser. The fact that they aren't indexed by search engines doesn't make them "dark".

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[deleted] t1_ixb7905 wrote

The distinction you're referencing didn't start until 2009, I'm just showing my age here using the old definition.

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