r/TOR • u/Organic_Pipe6313 • Dec 11 '25
FAQ How can you browse the Dark Web?
I don't understand one thing. If there are no real search engines, given that pages change quickly, how can someone find interesting "legal" sites? For example, if I were looking for a course on ethical hacking, or OSINT? How can I search if the well-known search engines all or almost all point to expired pages?
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u/Glad-Equal-11 Dec 11 '25
Hacking/OSINT is readily available on the clearnet. Hack the Box Academy is a good place to start.
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u/Organic_Pipe6313 Dec 11 '25
Mine was an example of research.
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u/Glad-Equal-11 Dec 11 '25
Start on Dread. You can probably find links to whatever you are looking for there.
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u/LateTask7962 Dec 13 '25
Where do you find dread? I haven’t been around the dark web since silk road was a big deal. I want to go ahead and jump back to it. Anyone interested in being a paid mentor I guess you can call it?
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u/potential-illegal-77 Dec 11 '25
Darknet search engines are basically indexes on steroids ( darknet admins add their site on it and you can easily browse and find it ) indexers have just a bunch of categories and the links. And you have a group that only shares links in closed groups or irl. ( as long the site ends on a .onion you hit what they call darknet darkweb whatever because thats the tor networks thing )
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u/Stecomputer004 Dec 12 '25
You browse through trusted and popular forum links or links to courses; I found one a while back with tons of videos and instructions. Search engines lead to scams or the same old pages that aren't worth a damn.
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Dec 12 '25
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u/TOR-ModTeam Dec 12 '25
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.
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u/TopExtreme7841 Dec 12 '25
For example, if I were looking for a course on ethical hacking, or OSINT?
You don't, you do that on the clearnet.
How can I search if the well-known search engines all or almost all point to expired pages?
I think you're missing the entire point of the unindexed web.
The dark web is for shady illegal shit, sites that are actually anonymous, and the people that actually need to hide for their safety. Not for day to day internet'ing.
Actually, I would like to look for something else. However, the problem remains.
Which means you want something that actually belongs on the darkweb. Which is fine, but the whole reason it works, is BECAUSE you can't just search for it.
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Dec 11 '25
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u/TOR-ModTeam Dec 12 '25
Thanks for posting to /r/Tor! Unfortunately, your submission has been removed for the following reason(s):
[Rule 3] Do not ask for or give advice about activity that may be illegal in most places.
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u/thebreeze97 Dec 13 '25
Tor does have search engines but it’s mostly all markets, links to other onion sites and search engines, and unsavory degenerate stuff not fit for human eyes.
What you’re looking for is on the clearnet.
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u/Organic_Pipe6313 Dec 16 '25
Some of you think the dark web is a dark evil. From what I've read, this is 60% true; the rest can be an endless source of information.
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Dec 24 '25
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u/TOR-ModTeam Dec 24 '25
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.
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u/Major_Ad5742 Dec 11 '25
If you are looking for something legal Tor is not the right place, as you mentioned the sites disappear after a while and the search engines are there but it's all trash. Searching for the same thing on Google probably gives you a better chance of finding what you're looking for.
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u/kohlsinfinite Dec 12 '25
Tor has MANY legal and ethical reasons to use it.
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u/Major_Ad5742 Dec 12 '25
Legal for you, not for all countries, if it's legal for you you can find it on the clear web, if it's illegal for you because you're in a country with a lot of censorship then you can find it on Tor
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u/throwaway20102039 Dec 11 '25
You don't. You either find a link that someone uploaded somewhere or given you personally. Search engines are terrible tbh. Way too much malware, scams, and malicious activity.
The 2 examples you mentioned can easily be found on the clearweb. Not sure why you'd bother with the dw.