Anthea: Please read the rubbish below with an open mind. Authorities would have people believe that the Dark Web and TOR are only used by criminals - not true - many people such as myself use TOR and the Dark Web to keep in contact with friends and send emails that we know will not be read by anyone other that the intended recipient.
Inventors and others who do not want ideas or projects stolen will use the Dark Web. Anyone who wants a private conversation or contact with another person and believes that internet contacts should be private - uses the Dark Web.
Police and security services worldwide admit to gaining most of their infformation on criminal activity from social networks such as facebook and tweeter NOT from the Dark Web
I believe that articles such as this are put out by the security forces to deter people from using the Dark Web - the simple fact is that the security forces cannot control the Dark Web and they are not happy
Dark web 'will evolve', warns UK cyber crime chief Andy Archibald. The "dark web" services used by criminals will continue to evolve in an attempt to evade authorities, the UK's cybercrime boss has warned.
Andy Archibald, head of the UK's National Cyber Crime Unit, says the "dark web" of criminal activity will continue to evolve
Last week, notorious drugs market place the Silk Road was shut down after a lengthy investigation.
Andy Archibald, interim head of the National Cyber Crime Unit (NCCU), said officers identified individuals who were using the site.
But he said new methods were needed to keep up with the threat.
"[Online anonymity service] Tor evolves, and will resecure itself," Mr Archibald told the BBC's technology correspondent Rory Cellan-Jones.
"The success we've had may not necessarily mean that by the same routes and same approaches we can get into other criminal forums.
"We have to continually probe and identify those forums and then seek to infiltrate them and use other tools.
"It's not simply a case of because we were able to infiltrate Tor on this occasion that we'll be able to do it next time around as well."
Mr Archibald's comments came as the NCCU announced its first conviction. Twenty-seven-year-old Olukunle Babatunde received a five years and six month prison sentence.
The man, from Croydon, south London, pleaded guilty to using "phishing" scams in an attempt to defraud banks, financial institutions and their customers.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-24495029
