Week 12

Paul Wilson was a guest speaker this week for our class, and he talked about the dark web. I became much more informed with how the dark web works, as well as why it even exists. The military created the dark web to form private networks. However, it got out of control when people learned how to access it. Now, the dark web is a hidden network that is home to many, many unthinkable things. We all know how massive the public web is, and Mr. Wilson explained that the dark web is even more massive. Some examples of activities that are enabled by the dark web are the solicitation of child-pornography, drug trafficking, human trafficking, and even terrorism. The appeal to the dark web is simple: people can do illegal things without being tracked by law enforcement. People making purchases, perhaps for a hitman or drugs, use currency called BitCoins. I had never heard of this before, but it shocked me to see just how separate of a world the dark web is. This lecture really opened my eyes and made me see how terrible of a place the world can be. What is very scary is that our law enforcement have no way to protect us from the terrorism acts and plots that are on the dark web. It is so disturbing to know that all of this stuff is going on all the time, and we have no idea or no way to stop it. I really enjoyed Paul Wilson's lecture in class; I learned stuff I never would have known, and also got a glimpse into how dangerous the Internet (not just the dark web) can be!