Dark Web. For those who don't know, the deep web is a giant part of the internet that is not accessible through regular searchς από την Google ή από άλλες μηχανές αναζήτησης. Αυτό το περιεχόμενο αναφέρεται και ως ο κρυφός ή αόρατος Web. Part of the Deep Web is also the Dark Web. The deviation in its greatness…
A subculture that is frequent in the Dark Web is also the terrorists who need an anonymous network readily available and generally inaccessible.
It would be quite difficult for terrorists to keep a website on the regular internet because of the ease of access to the site.
Terrorist organizations are also searching the Dark Web as an alternative to communicating over the Internet. In 2007, Mark Burgess, director of the World Security Institute in Brussels, warned that "focusing too much on closing websites could be counterproductive, as terrorist forces are likely to move their websites to the so-called Dark Web". (The dark side of the web ", PC Pro, 9 March 2010).
The Internet is a double-edged sword for extremists. On the one hand it is a valuable tool that helps them recruit new members and spread their propaganda, but on the other hand, it is controlled. As mentioned by Andrews o control of "surface" websites pushes terrorists deeper into the Web, which can be a good thing because it limits access to the general public, but also makes it harder for law enforcement to track down the websites.
Terrorism often exploits situations such as poverty to form divergent groups online: "Groups of socially, economically and psychologically vulnerable people could be a fertile ground for recruiting people into potentially violent situations, especially young people" (Having PDF).
In understanding how extremist groups operate in dark Web, you should study the work of Professor Chen of the University of Arizona, who has published numerous articles on Jihadist tools on the Dark Web.
Chen and his team have developed methods to track the spread of dangerous ideas through certain Jihads Forums of the World Wide Web.
Using a mathematical model known as SIR, used by epidemiologists to record the transmission of a disease, the researchers concluded that the rate of "infection" could "make" 2 suicide bombers per 10.000 people.
Analyzes of Dark Web forums also show that the more participants in a forum, the more violent their messages become (Ehrenberg University of Arizona PDF).
As we have seen in previous posts, Dark Web addresses are very difficult to remember. So if they change it will be very difficult to locate the new address.
One of the features of terrorist web sites is their ability to manage the rapid change of addresses on the Internet. When authorities force a site to move, the informal networks (chatrooms or e-mail) take action.
They inform all the supporters of the team about the new network address. This word-of-mouth distribution system seems to be very effective. It enhances the feeling of belonging to the team and causes satisfaction with the feeling of a small victory over the prohibition law. (Lewis, PDF).
The Dark Web is generally very favorable to terrorist groups that exploit anonymity to promote their goals.
