The public interest in the Dark Web is growing, especially among regular users. These include everyday people like you or me, who aren't criminals, but are extremely interested in the Dark Web, due to the overload of content that we get from the media.

TV shows (Mr. Robot, CSI:Cyber, Black Mirror, to name a few), movies, books, documentaries, and every form of media have been covering the Dark Web in the past few years, and it looks like the trend will only continue.

On the news, we hear about massive hacks (Facebook, British Airways, Ashley Madison, and others) where the data stolen is offered on the Dark Web to the highest bidder.

This image was displayed by British Airways, following their hack:

All these have made even the most technophobic individuals interested in accessing the Dark Web, just to take a peek at what they hear about.

As we move forward in this book, you'll realize that there's not that much of a difference between the Surface Web and...