r/darknet_questions

Someone can help me?

Thank you

So without disclosing to much info. I’m trying to be a small fish just enjoying my daily life.

Finding fun is harder than ever . I want to try and be safe , with respect to what I’m doing.

Willing to get a cheap Chromebook, download whatever is needed to protect myself, and can make orders in my landlord/previous tenants name.

Any other advice? How do I not get scammed? I’m small fish in a big pond so not worried about legal trouble or anything. I also don’t want to go against rules here.
DMs are welcome. Just curious how to actually get started on this journey. I’ve downloaded Tor a few times before , searched onion sites/links, found multiple lists of things. See vendors.

I have no idea how to tell what’s legit , what services to use for shipping , what the mentions of escrow are? I’m willing to learn. Just need help. Sorry if this isn’t allowed

I know Tor was created by the Navy and is keep running by non profit volunteers. I assume the browsing the dark web is not illegal but making purchases is illegal. Hence why Torproject still exists?

Who are these "volunteers" keeping Tor running, and most likely there are always new individuals? Then there are "nodes" and the list goes on. It can get confusing for someone like me, who knows the basic. Maybe someone can help clarify things? Thanks

Haven’t used this in years since I got sober but I was having a small party and get together and decided to go back to my trusty website I used to go on, totally forgot about phishing links so wassnt very cautious. Went to onion taxi

The site was being a little too weird thinking back, no phishing protection making me retype part of the link, I couldn’t click on vendors names and look at their profile and certain parts of the search engine wassnt working. I figured onion taxi was Akin to tor taxi, but tor taxi didn’t have my website on there. I put btc in my wallet and haven’t seen anything in the notifications about it receiving my payment, it’s been 2 hours and ususallly goes in 20 minutes

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a report claimed that a Chinese company with ties to the defense sector briefly released a document explaining a system that could identify VPN traffic across university networks. The paper reportedly disappeared not long after it was noticed. The interesting part isn't that they're trying to monitor VPNs. That's been obvious for years. What's interesting is that they're apparently still building new ways to detect and analyze encrypted traffic, even after all the resources they've put into internet censorship. If VPNs had already been completely neutralized, it wouldn't make much sense to keep developing tools focused on finding them. It feels like this is another example of the ongoing back-and-forth between censorship systems and privacy technology. Every time detection improves, developers come up with new ways to disguise or hide VPN traffic. Kind of funny when you think about it a document describing VPN surveillance ends up reinforcing the idea that people still have reasons to use VPNs.

Hey everyone. First time doing all this myself as was normally going through a friend who knew how to do all this. So, I figured out PGP for the most part. I am trying to message someone. Do I use their public PGP to encrypt the message? Or my public key? I am assuming there's. Do I need to use their Key Fingerprint at all? Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

can i order to my address or should i get like a po box

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I don’t know if this related or not but I need help with getting back at a friend I would be glad if you could help I can give her number, address

The UK government has confirmed that it's preparing a wider review of online privacy tools later this year, and one topic that's getting attention is whether VPN access for younger users should face additional restrictions. Speaking during a recent interview, government officials said they're looking at several approaches to online safety, including stronger age checks for certain internet services. While nothing has been finalized, it's the clearest sign so far that VPNs are now part of the broader policy discussion instead of just being mentioned in passing. Supporters of the idea argue that limiting access could make it harder for minors to get around parental controls or age-restricted platforms. Critics, however, say that restricting privacy tools could affect everyone, including people who use VPNs for work, security, or public Wi-Fi protection. At the moment, no new law has been introduced and no final decision has been announced. The government says it's still gathering feedback before deciding whether any changes are needed. What do you think? Should VPN access stay open to everyone, or should there be some kind of age-based restriction?

I heard a lot of the darkweb i never acesed it but is it worth the hype I hear online and fork friends

Torhoo was where I got my mirrors,it was down or gone. Tried trzn as was told to use that but that was a year ago and unfortunately what I believed to a legitimate site for links wasn't and I lost 170 bucks. I don't have much to send on goods(3 months supplies 😮‍💨 with the costs of supporting things....

Can someone please provide the appropriate actions I should take to access and if I should create a new account on aswell.

Thank you kindly

Hey,
currently buying LTC on Kraken, sending it to Cake Wallet, swapping there and then sending it to my main wallet. Fees are stacking up at every single step and it’s getting annoying.

Is there a smarter way to do this? Any exchange with lower fees for XMR specifically? Or am I overcomplicating my whole setup?

Would love to hear how you guys handle it.

Looking for some advice on where to host my serialized indie novel that features a mix of hacker lore, psychological friction inside a rehab, and heavy erotica :) Ideally on platforms that allow explicit themes and support a paid subscription or paywall model without strict filters. On top of that, I’m curious about the audience here… do tech outcasts and “bad geeks” actually read fiction like this, and what do darknet ghosts consume besides lines of code and technical documentation when they are looking for something raw? I like to think there's a specific kind of sharp, isolated mind that craves this hidden depths, so if you happen to know where that crowd hides when they want a good story, let me know ;)

Hello, what good sites are there where you can buy Bitcoins and send them to wallets directly from there?

thank you