How likely is my child to be accessing the Dark Web?
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TOR is available as a free download for Windows, Mac, Linux, Android and iOS operating systems. It works by adding multiple layers of encryption onto your website traffic as it bounces around their network, then slowly peeling those layers off, one by one, so by the time your internet activity has reached the website you’re seeking, no one could possibly detect your identity. Anyone can access it simply by downloading a free browser called TOR.
The Dark Web may be secret - but it’s hiding in plain sight. Or, like Leiliani Clarke, to enter a suicide chatroom. The Dark Web exploits that secret system of servers to allow users to engage in criminal or dangerous activities and remain anonymous.
That bottom-most layer is what we call the Dark Web. It can only be accessed through a secret system of servers that exists entirely separately from the public internet. (Think government archives or an organisation’s internal communications system.)īut the very deepest portion of the Deep Web iceberg is dangerous. It is simply not accessible via your public browser. The majority of the Deep Web is neither dark nor dangerous. What's the difference between the Dark Web and the Deep Web? This is the public internet we use every day and access through standard browsers like Chrome, Safari or the like.īut this surface web accounts for only 4% of the total internet: the proverbial tip of the iceberg. The Dark Web exists under the ‘surface web’ we all familiar with. The Dark Web is the World Wide Web’s evil twin. We asked Family Zone cyber expert Brett Lee, founder of Internet Safe Education, to explain what the Dark Web is, how it operates, and what parents can do to protect their children. What IS the Dark Web, and what can parents do to keep their children safe?Ī report on the suicide of UK high-schooler Leiliani Clarke in The Sun last week cited a coroner’s finding that the teen had sought “encouragement from horrendous websites which prey on the vulnerable” - including a suicide chatroom on the Dark Web. “Education builds conviction and a solid educational foundation must be built for market participants to get a good grip around the true value of this disruptive technology and the applications that are being built because of it.What parents need to know about the Dark Webĭisappointing mock exam results sent a 16-year-old schoolgirl to a suicide chatroom on the Dark Web. “ETPs and similar products operate in a regulatory framework that might not allow for certain strategies to be implemented due to investor interest, operational obstacles, risk exposures, and nuances in the digital asset infrastructure,” Palandrani said. He added the goal of digital asset ETPs should be to leverage the underlying disruptive technology into a regulated wrapper and that Global X is working with industry leaders and regulators to establish a “digital asset ETP framework that benefits all market participants”. In March, it unveiled four China thematic ETFs and is eyeing the crypto space for further expansion. The US-based issuer entered the European market in December 2020 with the launch of the Global X Video Games & Esports UCITS ETF (HERU) and the Global X Telemedicine & Digital Health UCITS ETF (EDOC). “The more sub-themes are created, the more indices can be offered and the wider the ETP product offering can expand.” “As the space grows, we can continue to see novel applications of blockchain technology merge with traditional sectors such as Internet of Things infrastructure, financial money markets, and a new digital ownership economy. “Our team is exploring products that bring innovative solutions to the market – similar to what we’ve done through our thematic growth and income product families. “The launch of BT0X and ET0X is just the tip of the iceberg in what’s to come from us in the digital assets space,” Palandrani (pictured) said.
Global X, which now runs over 30 ETFs in Europe, launched the physically collateralised Global X Bitcoin ETN (BT0X) and the Global X Ether ETN (ET0X) in March offering exposure to the price movements of the coins with total expense ratios (TERs) of 0.65%. The US ETF issuer is planning to expand its exchange-traded product (ETPs) offering with the launch of crypto sector basket ETPs having entered the digital asset space with a bitcoin and ethereum launches earlier this year. Pedro Palandrani, research analyst at Global X, has said the issuer is exploring “buckets of investible areas” in the crypto space as it looks to expand its product range further following months of rapid growth on the European continent.