If you’re interested in online privacy, then you’ve no doubt heard about Tor (The Onion Router). The Tor Network (or just “Tor”) is an implementation of a program that was originally developed by the US Navy in the mid-1990s. It enables users greater anonymity online by encrypting internet traffic and passing it through a series of nodes. The simplest way to use Tor is through the Tor browser. This is a Firefox-based application which can be downloaded and installed on your computer. If you’re familiar with the term, the “clear net”, you’ll know that it refers to the portion of the internet that can be freely accessed, that is without Tor or an alternate browser. On the other side you have the deep web. This includes content that isn’t indexed by search engines, including outdated content, private files, and web pages that have barred search engines from crawling them. Also within the deep web is the darknet. This content can usually only be accessed using special tools like Tor. The darknet houses some legitimate websites, but it is better known for being a place rife with illicit activity. A darknet market or cryptomarket is a commercial website on the web that operates via darknets such as Tor or I2P. They function primarily as black markets, selling or brokering transactions involving drugs, cyber-arms, weapons, counterfeit currency, stolen credit card details, forged documents, unlicensed ph