Week 11 Takeaways

 Weekly Takeaways - (Sorry these are late, I completely spaced on it with closing weekend of my show, hopefully these are helpful!)

• The Surface Web -  all of the links that are easily accessible via search engines; it’s all the information you can search

• The Deep Web - more private links that are not super accessible via search engines; you have to go through other means to get it; password protected sites are all “deep web” (i.e Netflix, Bank Account, Email, Corporate/Government Documents, Educational Sites, etc)

• The Dark Web - Encrypted, underground, secret information that’s a part of the deep web; you have to really be looking for it in order to find it; TOR search engine developed by government to allow for anonymous searches that can be used to reach it; there are illegal activities that happen on here, but some of it is harmless

• Virtual Currencies are becoming more and more popular are a form of payment; started more as a mean to pay for illegal activity online but now can be used for other payments such as rent; you need higher security if you use it because there are many risks involved in the use of them such as price fluctuations, losing the private key or password, cyber risks, and insolvency of the exchange