The Dark Web

There is something strange in the neighborhood, who you gonna call?  Not the ghost busters since they are fictional characters.  There is something strange and that is the Dark Web.  The Dark Web is untraceable due to the TOR network among other similar networks.  It is the black market of the internet where millions of pounds of illegal narcotics are purchased every day.  The Dark Web is the antithesis of NSA surveillance.  Due to a complicated Encryption Network such as the TOR network, the identity of the user accessing the Dark Web remains anonymous.  While many people may love the idea of a 100% anonymous web where the government and tech companies cannot track us as they due with the regular world wide web, complete anonymity poses multiple problems.  Primarily through criminal activities.  Terrorist organizations can log onto anonymous websites and organized events and travesties without anyone knowing who, or where the author of the post is.  Also through sites such as Silk Road, drug trafficking becomes immensely easier because deals can be made where only the drug lord and recipient knows the details of the transaction.

However, there is something I would like to debunk.  The idea that anonymity can be completely disregarded in society because bad people will do bad things with it, is a fallacy.  Bad people will do bad things regardless of the tools you give them.  Criminals are like insects that will adapt to any given situation to suit and thrive off of any situation.  If you take the ability of the internet away from criminals, criminals will continue doing criminal deeds like they have been throughout human history.  However just because this is the case doesn't disregard the idea that a monitored internet has benefits.  Online polls, personalized adds and emails, as well as tracking criminals are all pros of a tracked internet.  A middle ground must be achieved to satisfy those who do not want their privacy to be taken away from them, as well as those who see the benefits of a monitored internet.  The extreme of either is harmful to society.
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