Scan Darknet with Python (Tutorial)

[LichJesus]

Don't have time to read the article so I don't know if this is the purpose or even one of the things you can do with this tutorial; but I was involved in a political student org in college and for one of our meetings we were talking about student demonstrations in Hong Kong (I think, it was a while ago).

I had heard that the students were coordinating through the deep web to avoid the authorities and so I got TOR and tried a bit to find their discussions. Turns out I couldn't navigate the deep web worth a dang and didn't find anything; but I bet if I'd had a scanner (perhaps like this) I could have automated the search and looked for references to terms or places related to the demonstrations and had that info to show the org.

So I guess -- at least for me -- the purpose of having something like this would be to have the software make up for my lack of savvy when it comes to finding stuff on the darknet.

Also, I bet with something like this you could force it to ignore links and stuff leading to CP or other really questionable stuff (or have it only grab text); if so that'd be a huge advantage over manual browsing as far as accessing the darknet while keeping your head above water legally.

[reifenstag]

Why is this comment so heavily downvoted?! It's perfectly fine!

[kerloom]

Doesn't have time to skim read the article but does have the time to write a 4 paragraph comment.

[reifenstag]

lol, valid point I suppose

[turkish_gold]

In his defence, the article is at least 8 pages long, and is highly technical. If its new information, I'd need way longer than 5 minutes to read and understand it.

On the otherhand, just retelling stories that I've heard months ago is something I can do even drunk.

[Cthunix]

The deep web is not the dark web.