Every now and then the media comes up with a sensational story about the Deep Web. Often these tales are shocking and frightening – but are they true? More details: http://www.pandasecurity.com/mediacenter/news/deep-web-myths-truths-need-know/

1. 1
CurrentestimatessuggestthattheSurfaceWebismadeupof1
billiondocuments.TheDeepWebcontains550billion,soitismuch,
muchlarger.
THEDEEPWEBISBIGGERTHANTHESURFACEWEB~TRUE
2
ManynewsstoriesabouttheDeepWebconfusenon-indexedwebpages
withtheDarkWeb,asystem usedtohideonlineactivities.Therealityis
thatmostoftheDeepWebisperfectlylegitimate,runbyreputable
companiesandindividuals.
THEDEEPWEBISRUNBYCRIMINALS~FALSE
3
MostoftheDeepWebisjustbasicwebpages–allyouneedisa
standardwebbrowserlikeGoogleChrome,MicrosoftEdgeorSafari.The
DarkWebontheotherhandusesaspecialbrowsercalledTortohide
browsingactivity–andyoucan’tgetinwithoutit.
YOUNEEDSPECIALTOOLSTOACCESSTHEDEEPWEB~FALSE
4
AlthoughDeepWebcontentisslightlyhardertofind,95% ofthose
pages,videosandimagesarecompletelyfreetoaccess.DeepWeb
contentthatisnotfreetoaccessincludessubscriptioncontentlike
newspapersandmembershipsites.
MOSTOFTHEDEEPWEBISCOMPLETELYFREETOACCESS ~TRUE
5
SomepeopleusethetermsDarkandDeepWebinterchangeably–but
theyaretotallydifferentthings.TheDarkWebisbuiltaroundtheideaof
protectingprivacy–afactthatissometimesexploitedbycriminalsto
tradeillegally.TheDeepWebissimplycontentthatisinaccessibleto
searchengines,makingitslightlyhardertouncover.Expertsestimatethat
althoughtheDeepWebaccountsfor90%+oftheInternet,theDarkWeb
makesuplessthan0.1%.
THEDARKWEBANDDEEPWEBARETHESAME~FALSE
DEEPWEB