There are also number of legitimate reasons users may want to access the Dark Web. Though encrypted websites have existed for more than a decade, the Dark Web rose to mainstream prominence alongside the Silk Road, the now-defunct 'Amazon for Drugs.' YouTube is loaded with Dark Web horror stories, and the Hidden Wiki serves as a portal to the criminal underground. The modern Dark Web's notorious reputation is well-earned, and the hidden internet is undeniably dangerous. SEE: The Dark Web: A guide for business professionals (free PDF) (TechRepublic) Tails also allows users to store encrypted files, run email programs and PGP, and run the TOR browser.

Tails provides additional layers of security so that Dark Web browsing is not tied directly to a user's machine. Popularized by Edward Snowden, Tails runs as a discrete operating system on USB flash drives.

The TOR project also develops Tails, a live, pre-configured Linux distribution that will run on almost any computer. TOR allows users to obfuscate browsing activity by scrambling a user's IP address through a secure and distributed network. TOR is an open source project best known for developing a Firefox-fork web browser pre-loaded with a number of hard-coded security and encryption enhancements. The Dark Web, the deep web, and darknet are spooky-sounding phrases that refer to websites that mask their IP address and can only be accessed using encryption-friendly tools like The Onion Router.

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