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Law enforcement and dark web

Law enforcement treating criminal marketplaces and illegal services on the dark web as prosecutable targets.

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Jan 23, 2026
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How did the Tor v2 to v3 onion transition affect dark-web directories and mirrors?

The v2→v3 transition forced a structural reshaping of how dark‑web directories and mirrors operate because v3 addresses are cryptographically longer and privacy‑improving, breaking simple listings and...

Feb 7, 2026

Differences between Tor and dark web legality

is a privacy-preserving network and software project that routes traffic through volunteer relays to obscure user IPs; in most countries using Tor or visiting dark‑web .onion sites is itself legal, bu...