darknet for 2 July 2025

Darknet Latest News

The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) recently said its Kochi zonal unit busted “India’s most prolific darknet drug syndicate” operating under the name “Ketamelon”.

About Darknet

• Darknet refers to a segment of the internet that is accessible only through advanced protocols designed to provide user anonymity and security. 
• Unlike the surface web, which can be easily accessed using standard search engines and web browsers, darknet content is not indexed and requires specialized tools, such as privacy-focused browsers like Tor, to access. 
  
  • Tor (The Onion Router) is free and open-source software for enabling anonymous communication.
  • Tor utilizes a method known as onion routing, which anonymizes users by routing their connections through multiple volunteer-operated servers, making it difficult to trace their actual IP addresses.
• The concept of the darknet is closely related to the dark web, but the terms are not entirely interchangeable. 
• The dark web is the content found on darknet networks. 
• “Darknet” and “dark web” are also often incorrectly used interchangeably with “deep web.”
  
  • The deep web encompasses everything not indexed by conventional search engines but may still be accessed through regular web browsers if the URL is known. 
  • The darknet represents a deeper layer of the web, hosting content that is intentionally hidden and only reachable by a select group of users. 
• Darknet also includes friend-to-friend (F2F) networks that allow secure, private communications among known individuals.
• While darknet technologies can provide a means for users to bypass censorship and maintain privacy in their online activities, they are also associated with illegal activities such as the trade of illicit goods and services.

Source: IE