Dark Web Size
February 11, 2016
I read “Researchers Index Dark Web, Find Most of It Contains Illegal Material.” The data come from researcher at a UK university. Here’s the Dark Web page count data:
5,205 live websites were indexed; a total of 2,723 pages were classified by content. Pages with fewer than 50 words and those with no content were dropped in the “none” category. According to the analysis, 57% of the sites hosted illicit content like drugs … The Tor project estimates there are about 35,000 total hidden services active, so this is far from a full survey, but enough to be a representative sample.
Interesting, but the headline suggests a far more comprehensive index.
Stephen E Arnold, February 11, 2016
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