What Is The Deep Web? | Mashable Explains

What is the Deep Web exactly, and what seedy, nefarious activity happens there? Well, the answer might surprise you (hint: that private photo album dedicated to your cat, that's a part of the Deep Web).

Some great sources used while researching the Deep Web:

Characteristics of the Deep Web:
http://library.laguardia.edu/invisibl...

Less than 10% of the internet is indexed by search engines:
http://netforbeginners.about.com/cs/s...

Diagram of Deep Web:
http://netforbeginners.about.com/libr...

Introduction to the Darknet [VIDEO]:
   • Introduction to the Darknet  

Introduction to Tor [VIDEO]:
   • The NSA's Worst Nightmare: What Is Tor?  

Great Introduction to Search Engine Crawling:
   • How Search Works  

Image Credits:

Tip of the Iceburg:
http://blog.indieflix.com/wp-content/...

Silk Road Boss Orders Assasinations:
http://www.businessinsider.com/silk-r...

Silk Road Screencap:
http://www.pcworld.com/article/206180...

NSA comic:
http://animalnewyork.com/2013/the-nsa...

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