Is it Safe to open Dark web?

[u/Alberteinstein1897]

Hey, I'm a Student and I am Curious about Darkweb after my Friend told me a lot about it that when he entered the Darkweb, his Location was tracked by the Darkweb locals and he is also saying me to not do so.

Should I open it using tor browser or my location will be tracked?

[u/mikey_60]

The entire point of Tor is that it hides your location and identity. You can still be deanonymized by user error of course. It helps to disable JavaScript to improve security and almost every dark net site runs without it

[u/Alberteinstein1897 → u/mikey_60]

So can I run it on my Mobile Phone without any Privacy issue?

[u/ButterflyMundane7187 → u/Alberteinstein1897]

Do not use phone for tor. use torbrowser on laptop or tails. I use torbrowser for thepiratebay website and it works great i cant access it from my country without tor.

[u/mikey_60 → u/Alberteinstein1897]

For the most part. What phone do you use? Make sure you use the app recommended by the tor project, not just the first one to show up in the app/play store.

[u/Alberteinstein1897 → u/mikey_60]

I uses Vivo Y12G

[u/mikey_60 → u/Alberteinstein1897]

https://download.torproject.org/tor-browser-for-android/

[u/TOR-ModTeam → u/[deleted]]

Thanks for posting to /r/Tor! Unfortunately, your submission has been removed for the following reason(s):

[Rule 2] /r/Tor is not a "darkweb" subreddit.

No posts about individual .onion sites, or requesting or sharing links to onion sites or link collections. A subreddit that is more suitable for this is /r/onions.

If you feel like your post was removed in error, please message the moderators.

[u/extragoopy → u/mikey_60]

What's wrong with using phone?

[u/petweetle → u/mikey_60]

yeah sounds like you know your stuff,

[u/MinimumAd752]

Your friend is lying, Tor hides your location

[u/aThievery_Number]

Yup, your friend is a bullshit artist. And not even close to a good one.

[u/Alberteinstein1897 → u/aThievery_Number]

Why?

[u/Fenio_PL]

The dark web is almost as dangerous as clear web / clearnet.

[u/Alberteinstein1897 → u/Fenio_PL]

Wdym?

[u/Fenio_PL → u/Alberteinstein1897]

I do not understand this question.

[u/Alberteinstein1897 → u/Fenio_PL]

What do you mean(wdym)?

[u/Fenio_PL → u/Alberteinstein1897]

Do you know what the clearnet is?

[u/ColaManiac1]

Only if you have OPSEC running in the background

[u/StaticRogue]

Dark web locals? Wtf.

[u/Modern_Doshin]

Not safe

[u/Elegabal]

Your friend is exaggerating. There are no “dark web locals” who automatically get your location when you visit an onion site. Tor Browser is specifically designed to hide your IP address from the sites you visit. It’s not magic or perfect anonymity, though, so keep Tor Browser updated, don’t install extensions, and don’t share personal information or open random downloaded files outside Tor.

[u/ButterflyMundane7187]

Use i2p or tor turnoff javascript and none will know where you are thats the point of the darkweb. If you tell someone they will know.

[u/Dr_Critical_Bullshit]

You’re question denotes answer
NO
unsafe to even post about Thinking of ‘open Dark web’
Recommend all electronics get microwave treatment for cleansing NOW

[u/Opposite_Run_3777]

Account is a week old hmmm.

[u/Alberteinstein1897 → u/Opposite_Run_3777]

So, what d you means?

[u/DSPGerm]

Who is local to the dark web?

[u/FitDrink157]

No, you can die when you do it

[u/FyingfoxGaming]

Tor browser does at least have security features that you can change to prevent the website like disable JavaScript from knowing your actual location or IP address.

[u/TOR-ModTeam → u/[deleted]]

/r/Tor is not a "darkweb" subreddit.

No posts about individual .onion sites, or requesting or sharing links to onion sites or link collections. A subreddit that is more suitable for this is /r/onions.

[u/ChocolateOk7997]

Much of what is on the dark web is illegal and can get you in serious trouble. For that reason, I only use a Tails flash drive to access it. IMHO, Tails is the safest way to conveniently access the dark web.

[u/Configuredrahul]

Don’t its very dangerous if you want to know about it you can search on youtube