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Hands-On Dark Web Analysis

You're reading from   Hands-On Dark Web Analysis Learn what goes on in the Dark Web, and how to work with it

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Product type Paperback
Published in Dec 2018
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ISBN-13 9781789133363
Length 210 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Preface 1. Understanding the Deep and Dark Web FREE CHAPTER 2. Working with the Deep Web 3. The Future of the Dark Web 4. Installing a Linux Virtual Machine (VM) 5. Accessing the Dark Web with Tor Browser 6. Installing Tails OS 7. Installing Whonix 8. Installing Qubes OS 9. What Goes on in the Dark Web - Case Studies 10. The Dangers of the Dark Web 11. Using the Dark Web for Your Business 12. Assessment 13. Another Book You May Enjoy

Installing Tor on Linux

Installing software on Linux is usually very easy. There are several ways to install Tor Browser, and as I mentioned, we'll discuss a few in this chapter.

Let's start with a classic installation, by accessing the Tor Project website, via a browser. The default browser that ships with Ubuntu is Firefox, which is what we'll use.

Although you might think that this would be the best way to install Tor Browser, it's actually the least secure, since the Tor Project website is continuously targeted by hackers and might have any number of security or privacy issues on it.

Instead of just downloading Tor Browser and immediately installing it (which is dangerous), you can either download the file and verify its hash (to verify that it is indeed the correct one), or you could install it through other methods, for example, via the Terminal...

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