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In the past 3-4 years, news has regularly appeared in the feed with the headline: "The government wants to block Tor." But, this idea is somewhat utopian.
The darknet can be used in all fears of the world except North Korea, where you need a special permission from Kim Jong-un to access a computer with the Internet. Even China has failed to ban it. The Golden Shield automatically blocks all new Tor entry node addresses, but people who need to bypass this barrier using VPNs and proxy servers.
News about the "ban on the underground Internet" only fueled interest in it among the population. More and more Russians are joining the darknet, which is fraught with many dangers and temptations. The consequences of misusing Tor should be known in advance.
This article will discuss the main types of shops and forums in Tor that should be avoided if you are a simple layman, and the possible responsibility for their use / creation.
1. Sites for the drug trade
Most of the users of the Tor network come to it for illegal substances. The purchase scheme is simple: a person pays for the goods with bitcoins (for anonymity), and then receives the address of the "bookmark" - a secluded place in a suburb or residential area where the goods are hidden. The assortment of stores includes hundreds of names and delivery of almost any drug in a large city takes no more than a few hours.
Almost six million Russians use drugs. This is several dozen times more than the number of Tor users in the country (according to Tor Metrics, there are about 200 thousand). The situation is changing and more and more people are adopting a new way of shopping. But for now, many sellers find it easier to write on the fence "Lessons of SOLFEGIO +791612345567" or look for clients by clubs.
The employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (a year ago the powers of the abolished Federal Drug Control Service were transferred to them) also know very well about Tor and are learning to deal with it. For example, they sometimes post their own fake ads there and try to get in touch with the local public.
But judging by the discussions on the forums, they often just walk around the area, tracking down treasure men and junkies. Or they find informants who report drug addicts they know.
Possible problems: If he buys some substances for himself and the police find out about it, then he is judged under Article 228:
2. Websites with job advertisements
A huge number of advertisements for the sale of drugs contain a postscript: “We are looking for treasure men. Activity, adequacy, professionalism are required. The salary is high. "For one bookmark, an employee receives an average of 500-3000 rubles. On the forums, they write that an intelligent worker has up to 80-120 thousand rubles a month with a free schedule. And this is in the provinces. In capitals , the ceiling is much higher.
But this work is not nearly as simple as it seems at first glance. To make a good "bookmark" and hide it - a whole science and experienced people write whole textbooks. There are many non-obvious problems that are difficult for a beginner to guess.
For example, how to protect yourself from "seagulls"? This is the name given to drug addicts who are looking for and successfully find other people's bookmarks in typical places (flower beds, holes in the asphalt, porches). Or how to disguise a ziplock bag inside an acorn or nut so that rain and wind won't damage the product?
Tor criminals need not only treasure men, but also parcel receivers, stencils (make announcements on the pavement), growers (grow plants at home), people to withdraw illegally received money from bank cards. Less often they look for strong guys to intimidate enemies. And each profession has unobvious subtleties that need to be learned in order not to get hold of problems with the law.
In the criminal sphere, there is a terrible turnover of personnel and new employees are constantly required. A really adequate and tidy person can work for a couple of years, and a simple treasureman / carrier / drop walks free for only a few months. Most people are caught by the police sooner or later. People rarely manage to raise the dough, stop and leave on time.
Possible problems: According to article 228 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, if a person is involved in the distribution or production of drugs, then he can be imprisoned for a period of 8 years. We will talk about punishments for parcel receivers and cashiers below.
3. Shops of goods for committing crimes
Tor is used to trade weapons, fake documents, left SIM cards, phones, ATM skimmers and a bunch of other interesting items. As with drugs, bitcoins are used to pay anonymously. Surprisingly, there are no particular problems with the delivery of goods.
Sometimes it is done using regular mail. To receive and send parcels, they hire "drops" who go to receive / send parcels, shine their faces and passport data. Also, goods are dispatched with the help of taxi drivers or private transport companies. Here's a quote from the RuOnion forum:
Possible problems: According to article 222 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, illegal acquisition or transfer of weapons can be punishable by imprisonment for up to four years. About forged documents is written in article 327 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, it says about a period of up to two years.
4. Pedophile forums
There are also a lot of people in the Tor network who are sexually attracted to children. There are a lot of "interesting" things for them here. First, there are huge archives of porn videos featuring minors. Secondly, these are forums where people share their personal experiences of seducing children and hiding this process from others.
Some pedophiles consider sex with children absolutely unacceptable and sit on the "conservative" sections of the forums, where they post just a little erotic photos of little girls and boys with closed genitals.
But there are people for whom just watching a video is not enough and they seek to translate their fantasies into reality. The main shock in preparing this article was for me to familiarize myself with a book for pedophiles in Russian.
200 pages on where to find a potentially accessible child and how to recognize him, how to gain confidence in him, how not to leave traces and how to make sure that the child never tells anyone about what the pervert or pervert did to him.
And judging by the forums, a lot of pedophiles do manage to turn things around in such a way that parents never find out about what happened to their child. Indeed, most often children are seduced not by maniacs on the streets, but by neighbors, relatives or family friends who have been entering the house for many years.
Do not leave your child alone with anyone and never without video surveillance. There are many more pedophiles among us than one might think.
Possible Punishment: It is prohibited to store porn videos with minors on your computer.
5. Websites of extremist organizations
Terrorists, skinheads and radical oppositionists also create websites on the onion network, publish articles there and discuss plans for pogroms or seizure of power on forums. Also, sect sites are gradually moving to Tor.
Since 2002, the Russian authorities have maintained a list of Federal Extremist Materials. It includes nearly 4,000 books, articles, paintings and music. Rospotrebnadzor forces to remove such materials from sites in the clearnet, but in the Tor libraries they are distributed freely.
Possible Punishment: According to Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, for participation in an extremist organization, they can be imprisoned for up to six years. Also, you cannot copy materials from such sites in Tor and post them on social networks and blogs.
6. "Hacker" trading platforms and forums
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International darkmarkets often have a Digital Goods section next to drugs and weapons. It sells Trojans, Wi-Fi hacking tools, software hacking tools, DDOS tools, and many other varieties of "digital information illegal" tools.
Along with the programs, you can also buy instructions for their use and training books. They also sell digital goods that were stolen using the tools described above: pumped characters in games, paid accounts of various services, hacked programs, access to infected computers.
There are also many hacker forums on the darknet. There, people share their experiences, looking for perpetrators and accomplices for various cyber crimes.
Potential punishment: If it is proved that a person has used any of the programs described above, then according to Article 272 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, he can be imprisoned for up to two years.
7. "Black" cryptocurrency exchanges
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The sites and organizations described above make financial settlements in bitcoins (less often in another cryptocurrency). And, of course, they do not pay any taxes on this. With the help of cryptocurrencies, money obtained illegally is cashed out.
Tor has exchanges for withdrawing bitcoins to regular e-wallets or bank cards. It is also full of ads of people who withdraw money from cryptocurrency wallets to offshore accounts or transfer to the account of a "fly-by-night" company. From the latter, money can be withdrawn using ordinary cashiers.
There you can also order bank cards issued for dummies or "virtuals" and hire drops who will go to the ATM, shine their faces in front of the cameras, withdraw cash from the cards and deliver to you.
Potential punishment: According to article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, participation in group fraudulent schemes can lead to up to 10 years in prison.
Not all types of content that can be found on the Tor network are described above. Not mentioned sites with erotica for animal lovers, stolen goods stores, sites for ordering killers and much more.
The darknet can be used in all fears of the world except North Korea, where you need a special permission from Kim Jong-un to access a computer with the Internet. Even China has failed to ban it. The Golden Shield automatically blocks all new Tor entry node addresses, but people who need to bypass this barrier using VPNs and proxy servers.
News about the "ban on the underground Internet" only fueled interest in it among the population. More and more Russians are joining the darknet, which is fraught with many dangers and temptations. The consequences of misusing Tor should be known in advance.
This article will discuss the main types of shops and forums in Tor that should be avoided if you are a simple layman, and the possible responsibility for their use / creation.
1. Sites for the drug trade
Most of the users of the Tor network come to it for illegal substances. The purchase scheme is simple: a person pays for the goods with bitcoins (for anonymity), and then receives the address of the "bookmark" - a secluded place in a suburb or residential area where the goods are hidden. The assortment of stores includes hundreds of names and delivery of almost any drug in a large city takes no more than a few hours.
Almost six million Russians use drugs. This is several dozen times more than the number of Tor users in the country (according to Tor Metrics, there are about 200 thousand). The situation is changing and more and more people are adopting a new way of shopping. But for now, many sellers find it easier to write on the fence "Lessons of SOLFEGIO +791612345567" or look for clients by clubs.
The employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (a year ago the powers of the abolished Federal Drug Control Service were transferred to them) also know very well about Tor and are learning to deal with it. For example, they sometimes post their own fake ads there and try to get in touch with the local public.
But judging by the discussions on the forums, they often just walk around the area, tracking down treasure men and junkies. Or they find informants who report drug addicts they know.
Possible problems: If he buys some substances for himself and the police find out about it, then he is judged under Article 228:
2. Websites with job advertisements
A huge number of advertisements for the sale of drugs contain a postscript: “We are looking for treasure men. Activity, adequacy, professionalism are required. The salary is high. "For one bookmark, an employee receives an average of 500-3000 rubles. On the forums, they write that an intelligent worker has up to 80-120 thousand rubles a month with a free schedule. And this is in the provinces. In capitals , the ceiling is much higher.
But this work is not nearly as simple as it seems at first glance. To make a good "bookmark" and hide it - a whole science and experienced people write whole textbooks. There are many non-obvious problems that are difficult for a beginner to guess.
For example, how to protect yourself from "seagulls"? This is the name given to drug addicts who are looking for and successfully find other people's bookmarks in typical places (flower beds, holes in the asphalt, porches). Or how to disguise a ziplock bag inside an acorn or nut so that rain and wind won't damage the product?
Tor criminals need not only treasure men, but also parcel receivers, stencils (make announcements on the pavement), growers (grow plants at home), people to withdraw illegally received money from bank cards. Less often they look for strong guys to intimidate enemies. And each profession has unobvious subtleties that need to be learned in order not to get hold of problems with the law.
In the criminal sphere, there is a terrible turnover of personnel and new employees are constantly required. A really adequate and tidy person can work for a couple of years, and a simple treasureman / carrier / drop walks free for only a few months. Most people are caught by the police sooner or later. People rarely manage to raise the dough, stop and leave on time.
Possible problems: According to article 228 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, if a person is involved in the distribution or production of drugs, then he can be imprisoned for a period of 8 years. We will talk about punishments for parcel receivers and cashiers below.
3. Shops of goods for committing crimes
Tor is used to trade weapons, fake documents, left SIM cards, phones, ATM skimmers and a bunch of other interesting items. As with drugs, bitcoins are used to pay anonymously. Surprisingly, there are no particular problems with the delivery of goods.
Sometimes it is done using regular mail. To receive and send parcels, they hire "drops" who go to receive / send parcels, shine their faces and passport data. Also, goods are dispatched with the help of taxi drivers or private transport companies. Here's a quote from the RuOnion forum:
But sellers still take many precautions: they disassemble the weapon into parts, which are distributed among several boxes, disguise them as other items, make parcels with a double bottom, etc. They have no less tricks than the cladmen.I somehow sent an optical sight through a transport company, of course, not a branded one. They asked what was inside, replied - a sniper scope, They: we will write it down - an optical device))) They don't really care what to carry ...
Possible problems: According to article 222 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, illegal acquisition or transfer of weapons can be punishable by imprisonment for up to four years. About forged documents is written in article 327 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, it says about a period of up to two years.
4. Pedophile forums
There are also a lot of people in the Tor network who are sexually attracted to children. There are a lot of "interesting" things for them here. First, there are huge archives of porn videos featuring minors. Secondly, these are forums where people share their personal experiences of seducing children and hiding this process from others.
Some pedophiles consider sex with children absolutely unacceptable and sit on the "conservative" sections of the forums, where they post just a little erotic photos of little girls and boys with closed genitals.
But there are people for whom just watching a video is not enough and they seek to translate their fantasies into reality. The main shock in preparing this article was for me to familiarize myself with a book for pedophiles in Russian.
200 pages on where to find a potentially accessible child and how to recognize him, how to gain confidence in him, how not to leave traces and how to make sure that the child never tells anyone about what the pervert or pervert did to him.
And judging by the forums, a lot of pedophiles do manage to turn things around in such a way that parents never find out about what happened to their child. Indeed, most often children are seduced not by maniacs on the streets, but by neighbors, relatives or family friends who have been entering the house for many years.
Do not leave your child alone with anyone and never without video surveillance. There are many more pedophiles among us than one might think.
Possible Punishment: It is prohibited to store porn videos with minors on your computer.
5. Websites of extremist organizations
Terrorists, skinheads and radical oppositionists also create websites on the onion network, publish articles there and discuss plans for pogroms or seizure of power on forums. Also, sect sites are gradually moving to Tor.
Since 2002, the Russian authorities have maintained a list of Federal Extremist Materials. It includes nearly 4,000 books, articles, paintings and music. Rospotrebnadzor forces to remove such materials from sites in the clearnet, but in the Tor libraries they are distributed freely.
Possible Punishment: According to Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, for participation in an extremist organization, they can be imprisoned for up to six years. Also, you cannot copy materials from such sites in Tor and post them on social networks and blogs.
6. "Hacker" trading platforms and forums
hacking_store
International darkmarkets often have a Digital Goods section next to drugs and weapons. It sells Trojans, Wi-Fi hacking tools, software hacking tools, DDOS tools, and many other varieties of "digital information illegal" tools.
Along with the programs, you can also buy instructions for their use and training books. They also sell digital goods that were stolen using the tools described above: pumped characters in games, paid accounts of various services, hacked programs, access to infected computers.
There are also many hacker forums on the darknet. There, people share their experiences, looking for perpetrators and accomplices for various cyber crimes.
Potential punishment: If it is proved that a person has used any of the programs described above, then according to Article 272 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, he can be imprisoned for up to two years.
7. "Black" cryptocurrency exchanges
dark_money_forum
The sites and organizations described above make financial settlements in bitcoins (less often in another cryptocurrency). And, of course, they do not pay any taxes on this. With the help of cryptocurrencies, money obtained illegally is cashed out.
Tor has exchanges for withdrawing bitcoins to regular e-wallets or bank cards. It is also full of ads of people who withdraw money from cryptocurrency wallets to offshore accounts or transfer to the account of a "fly-by-night" company. From the latter, money can be withdrawn using ordinary cashiers.
There you can also order bank cards issued for dummies or "virtuals" and hire drops who will go to the ATM, shine their faces in front of the cameras, withdraw cash from the cards and deliver to you.
Potential punishment: According to article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, participation in group fraudulent schemes can lead to up to 10 years in prison.
Not all types of content that can be found on the Tor network are described above. Not mentioned sites with erotica for animal lovers, stolen goods stores, sites for ordering killers and much more.
