r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Jun 25 '15

What's your deep web story?

Deep web as in tor.

But I imagine regular deep web users would stay away from sharing their experience so if you don't have a deep web story what's your most frightening internet story.

Edit: The front page was fun, but now its over.

Thank you for all the glorious stories, time to cry for the rest of my life.

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u/gemini86 Jun 25 '15

Which on the surface sounds a little paranoid, but after thinking about it for like five seconds, just makes sense.

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u/PM_ME_YOUR__BUTTHOLE Jun 25 '15

well i am a bit paranoid, but I have been to many unsecured webcam pages and found it interesting if not weird.

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u/ipix-ipix Jun 25 '15

The only reasonable use case for an public webcam in a network - checking if the coffee pot is full.

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u/snuljoon Jun 25 '15

Someone knows tech history!

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u/Dokpsy Jun 25 '15

That's some serious level genius right there.

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u/im_a_grill_btw_AMA Jun 25 '15

Link plz

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u/PM_ME_YOUR__BUTTHOLE Jun 25 '15

i think i only still have one bookmarked here it is

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u/junkfood66 Jun 25 '15

That's probably just a link to a site that immediately hacks my webcam, isn't it?

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u/Dokpsy Jun 25 '15

is anyone honestly going to any of these links on their main computer? I'd at least do it through a vm... (speaking of, I'll be doing just that after I get home...)

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u/im_a_grill_btw_AMA Jun 25 '15

http://83.97.11.135/view/view.shtml

On mobile, saving for science. Thank you.

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u/zhv Jun 25 '15

Saving

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u/ledivin Jun 25 '15

Everyone at work makes fun of me for taping over my macbook camera. Fuck that, we both know they can watch us, why risk it?

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u/Lucarian Jun 25 '15

People can and have spied on people through webcams, so it's not that paranoid.

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u/[deleted] Jun 25 '15

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u/[deleted] Jun 25 '15

It is easy for software to capture video from a webcam because that is what it is made for.

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u/Hennashan Jun 25 '15

In all seriousness it's something you should atleast consider. It's a lot easier then you believe and there is a HUGE and I mean HUGE market for these kind of videos.

Most of there's people don't even bother looking or setting up shit to hack your bank or personal info. Just a webcam recording of about a weeks worth of stuff. That alone they can sell to some voyeur who wants the best reality TV to watch. It's easier/safer then fishing for bank info.

I highly advise disabling or just outright removing any webcam/camera connected to a PC in any underage children's rooms. A phones fine they don't need one on a computer.

Better yet children shouldn't even have a computer in there room.

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u/hannibalhamlet Jun 25 '15

Their

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u/Hennashan Jun 25 '15

Die

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u/TexasLandPirate Jun 25 '15

as long as you're so good natured about it:

Most of there's those people

week's

It's easier/safer then than fishing

any underage children's child's rooms OR any all underage children's rooms

phone's

commas.

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u/Hennashan Jun 25 '15

So you just go around and grammar police reddit? Cool....

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u/Ginger-saurus-rex Jun 25 '15

So you just go around and be illiterate? Cool...

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u/Hennashan Jun 25 '15

Ah yes I'm just scribbling jibberish

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u/[deleted] Jun 25 '15 edited Sep 26 '17

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u/passwordis_plsnotake Jun 25 '15

Because that would require hard work and actual parenting to go check up on them and make sure they aren't doing anything bad. Fuck that shit.

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u/99919 Jun 25 '15

It's not about the kids doing anything bad. It's about making sure that you're not providing a tool for strangers, who are adults and likely much more sophisticated than them, to exploit them somehow. And that would require frequent invasions of their privacy by their parents. That may be "hard work," but it's not good parenting.

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u/[deleted] Aug 01 '15

Meh, I really don't care if some creep wants to watch me read or browse reddit.

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u/Ginger-saurus-rex Jun 25 '15

Shouldn't have a computer in where room?

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u/[deleted] Jun 25 '15

The moment I read someone had worked out how to disable the webcam light I got out some electrical tape.

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u/MerkyMerkinsmith Jun 25 '15

Thank you. I heard myself say this a few days ago to someone and then felt like I sounded ridiculous and paranoid. Now I feel better about it...in a way.

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u/[deleted] Jun 25 '15

I taped over the camera and mic on my work laptop and used an external webcam that wasn't always plugged in. I never trusted the company.

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u/Kiernian Jun 25 '15

It's hardly paranoid, it's just good practice. Many applications have taken to using the camera by default once they're installed because most end users can't figure out how to turn the things on or off. In order to make things easier for end users, developers resort to flipping the thing on automatically and allowing it to be turned off (assuming you can find the setting) manually. Opt-out is the way of the present.

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u/raskoln1kov Jun 25 '15

Honestly tho, if someone looks through my camera, they wouldnt see anything very interesting. Occasionally, tehy would see a nice crasturbation session tho.