
The same goes for the different pages that pop up in webmail services, like Gmail, or academic databases on a university network. When you log in to internet banking, you've navigated to a specific location online, but one that's not served up in Google results. But that doesn't mean it's suspicious - there are plenty of sites you visit in your day-to-day browsing that fall into this category. The deep web refers to any part of the internet that isn't discoverable by a search engine. The first thing to remember: The dark web is not the same as the "deep web." How does it work? How is it different from the "surface web" that we all know? And what do you need to know ahead of time, should you choose to wade in? The deep web So for those of us used to opening Chrome or Safari to get online, the dark web is an entirely different beast. Europol says the dark web and other peer-to-peer networks are still the "main platform" for sharing child abuse material. That's not to mention the things you really don't want to see. Just this week in Australia, a news investigation revealed that an anonymous dark web user has offered up access to the Medicare records of "any Australian" for just 0.0089 bitcoin ($22, AU$30, £18).
