Dangerous Effects of the Deep Web

by Nabil Amsyar

Most of us may have only heard about the dark web but do you really think that it is

only a fiction? The dark web is real and it is the part of the internet that is not accessible to

everyone. The main reason it is a really dangerous site for someone who is not expert in the

digital world. Firstly, the dark web is a common place for underground black markets,

hacking communities and  illegal pornography. For the public internet users, browsing the

dark web without enough knowledge about it is like walking around a Zika infected village.

There are several dangerous effects of the dark web which includes the danger of being

tracked by a stalker, our computer being attacked by malware and the psychological effects

on the victims.

The danger of being tracked by a stalker is the treacherous effect of the dark web.

As mention earlier, the dark web is the place that has lots of hackers that we need to be aware

of it. They can easily track our home address by using our IP address and also hack our phone

if we are using the same internet connector as our computer. Hackers who get access to our

IP address can get information about us, including our city, state, and ZIP code. With this

location data, hackers can easily get our personal information. It will put ourselves as well as

our family in danger. Souvik (2017) warning that once tracked, you will taken advantage of

if they get your internet history, our home address and our daily activities. Other than that,

they can also steal our identity. They may sell our identity to someone who wants to use a

fake identity to commit crime. We could get caught for the crime that we have never

committed. To keep ourselves safe online, we can set up a fake virtual private internet or

VPN. VPN will provide us a temporary IP address so that hackers cannot get our real

destination.

           

The next effect is our computer being attacked or getting attacked by malware. First

of all, malware is a software which is specifically designed to disrupt, damage, or gain

authorized access to a computer system. This thing could happen when we do not take dark

web seriously so before entering the dark web, we must remember to use the best browser,

have a good internet security and last but not least, do not try to attempt by using our personal

computer! There are several browsers that can be used to enter the dark web such as tor

browser, freenet, L2P but normally people will start with tor browser as it is the famous one

among others but we need to bear in mind that even tor browser is not actually fully secured.

For your information, professional hackers do not use this free application to enter the dark

web but they bought everything to make it fully secured. Next, we should never use our

personal laptop to access the dark web because there are lots of viruses placed in the dark

web. It is crucial for us to not download any documents from the dark web because hacker

will include the documents with malware and Rick (2017) caution people to not attempt

to download documents from untrusted sites. All of our works, assignments and other

important documents will lost when they are attacked by malware. Lastly, a good internet

security is a must when you are involved in the dark web as it will block the malicious

softwares from entering your computer.

            Lastly, the dangerous effect of the dark web is that the victims will face bad

psychological problems. In the dark web, there are a lot of crime and child pornography

videos. Other than that, the innocent-looking links will always be the ones that greet us with

the most horrifying image as we click it. These are the examples of experience you will get

after entering the dark web. For the first time users, it is normal that it affects your

psychology badly as it is a  horrible experience. It may be worse those who enter  the dark

web are  teenagers or children because they cannot handle their emotion very well. This

problem could affect children’s mental health that will contribute to depression, academic

problems and social problems. Some people may think that it is impossible for children to be

able to enter the dark web but nowadays, there are numerous sites that teach us a step by step

tutorial to enter the dark web. It is very important for parents to control their child internet

activities because the dark web is not suitable at all for the children. Martin (2017) stated that

someone will have mental health problem after they enter the dark web. The ways to improve

our  mental health problem are seek help from psychologist and get advice from friends and

families.

In conclusion, the dark web is not suitable for public internet users as it is dangerous

in many ways such as being tracked trace by hackers, computers get striked by malware and

awful effects on the psychology of the users. With all of dangerous risks, we need to stay

away from entering the dark web because it gives more disadvantages to us. The legislature

need to have a law that can protect people from crimes conducted in the dark web and punish

the ones who misconducted the dark web.