How Silk Route came into being and what was its importance?
The Silk Route was a series of ancient trade networks that connected China and the Far East with countries in Europe and the Middle East. The route included a group of trading posts and markets that were used to help in the storage, transport, and exchange of goods. It was also known as the Silk Road.
What was the Silk Road used for?
The Silk Road was a network of trade routes connecting the East and the West in ancient and Medieval times. The term is used for both overland routes and those that are marine or limnic. The Silk Road involved three continents: Europe, Africa and Asia.
Who created the Silk Road?
Ross Ulbricht
How did the Silk Road Work?
The Silk Road was an online black market where buyers and sellers of illegal or unethical items could transact anonymously. Utilizing privacy techniques such as the Tor network and cryptocurrency transactions, people were able to transact in drugs, hacked passwords, illegal data, and other contraband.
Who uses dark web?
The Dark Web may be used by people wishing to carry out illegal activities online, such as selling weapons or drugs. These kinds of operations, and the websites offering them, are often referred to as Hidden Services (above).
Can police track Tor?
A: Yes of course the police can track you if you are using TOR. The NSA tracks Tor users: By running their own hostile Tor nodes. Using zero-day vulnerability of Firefox browser.
Can Tor be traced?
Can Tor activity be traced? In most cases, Tor’s complex system of random relays makes it almost impossible for anyone to trace your activity. However, there are a few weak spots that may make you vulnerable by revealing your IP address or allowing other people to see that you’re using the Tor network.
Does the US government use Tor?
Tor was largely created through funding from the United States government in the 1990s and early 2000s, including from the Naval Research Lab and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. But the US government can benefit from using the anonymity service in the same way these groups do.
Why does US fund Tor?
Law enforcement uses Tor for visiting or surveilling web sites without leaving government IP addresses in their web logs, and for security during sting operations. So people that depend on it don’t get killed and the United States and its allies can protect their interests globally.