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Ep. 1: The Birth of The Dark Web

By: Geoff White, Bernard P. Achampong
Narrated by: Geoff White
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  • Summary

  • [Contains explicit content] It's called the Dark Web, Dark Net or Deep Web but what is it? What makes this internet underground — rife with drugs, sex, and crime — possible? How do you even access the Dark Web?

    Geoff White, Channel 4 News's former Technology Reporter, has been looking into its shady origins and reveals why the U.S. Navy invented it in the first place.

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good but not my cup of tea

it's was an interesting episode but it isn't something I'd be interested in. if you are interested in conspiracy theory ideas, then this is perfect..

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Summative crash course

its a wonderful introduction on the basics of the dark web and the moral conundrum it evokes. The author and story teller gives you a deep dive on the complexities of the issues sorrounding the topic.

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Well done

Enjoyed this 10-part series more than I thought I would. Revealing view into the secrets of the dark web from end to end.

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Just like watching a show

I enjoyed listening to this episode. It was just like watching a show but I got to rest my eyes for a bit. I will continue listening to the other episodes.

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Good Info, Poor Presentation

The content provided in the 10 episodes was very interesting. It gave a good overview of the many parts of the dark web and had some very informative interviews. The topics were all unique. It was a quick way to learn about the purpose and use of the dark web.

However, the presentation was difficult to listen to. The interviews sounded like they were in a cave and several episodes had dishes/silverware clinking in the background. It may have been the editors way of providing ambiance (interviews over the phone or in a cafe), but I found it distracting.

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Good

I loved this audiobook but I was a bit disappointed that my favorite narrator only read the epilogue

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Series was not what I was expecting

I expected this to be more focused on how the dark web affects us all. It's a look into much more than that, though, providing an interesting history of how and why the dark web came into being and evolved. But it's focused on much broader criminal activities - illicit drug dealing, child pornography, etc., than on how most of us might be affected by having our data exposed on the dark web.

Utterly annoying is the format. Each segment is less than 30 minutes. Taking their cue from The History Channel, some of those minutes are used to review the last chapter, and some are used to preview the next. So, after a while, it becomes very repetitive.

Frankly, from my perspective, the last episode was the best one, and if you listen to that one, which is essentially a panel discussion, you'll learn all you really need to know about how the dark web functions today and how its impact is felt on regular users of the web.

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The Birth of the Dark Web

Interesting book on a subject I did not know anything about. The Dark Web does exist. We need to know about this subject so that we can present a halfway intelligent response when anyone ask us a question about the dark web. This book will help you.

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Geoff White and Bernard P. Achampong have done extensive research.

If you have heard of the Dark Web but need to know about it so that you have some understanding of exactly why it exists and who uses it, I recommend this book.

You will get much more than a brief description of the Dark Web. When you are finished with this, you will understand it’s origins, it’s purposes, who uses it, etc.

Very very good!

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Wow! Yikes!

This is a somewhat of repeat of a review I posted on the last in the series with a bit of some changes.

Not sure what the "1-star trolls" have in issue with this but maybe they're "dark-webbers" not liking the new light being brought on all the nefarious activities going on through this medium. The series is absorbing, intriguing, it holds your attention, very well done that way.

There is a growing cancer on the internet that needs some serious, very bright minds to find a cure. It would have been quite helpful for the authors, and the series if the FBI, CIA, NSA type organizations had granted interviews, however there's a wealth of information here just the same.

How to stop this? I just read an article that North Korean hackers stole 68+ million out of an Indian bank, along with multiple other similar horrors. However this could be stopped, and that's not fully worked out yet; creating a series like this to heighten public awareness is an important step. So thank you to the authors!

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