What is the role of TOR for hackers? Dark Net Without Onion Browser

Tor is nothing but a browser. It stands for 'The onion Router' and also called Onion Browser. This is not similar to the other browsers like Chrome, Firefox, Or Safari browser but it has some special features.

Onion Browser is used to surf illegal websites mostly, Websites that are banned over the surface web. Things that are banned or not allowed on the surface web are performed over the dark web.

So, Let's continue to read and see what's in for us?

Where to use Tor

Tor is used to surf .onion websites. These websites are not visible on normal browsers like chrome or safari. These websites are only accessible when we are using the Tor Browser.

Why Do We Need Tor

As a security concern, we always try to be secure, We do one more step so that we can be secure. Similarly to be anonymous and secure while surfing dark web we require Tor.

Tor Creates layers between us and the server, which makes sure that our original IP address is hidden under a bunch of other IP addresses.

What is the .Onion?

.onion is a domain similar to .com or .net but it is not accessible until we are using the Onion browser. As we already know that tor browser is used to surf illegal things so these are banned over the surface web. So, to not get caught they list their services on the dark web.

The sites that are listed on the darknet has domain .onion and are allowed to surf only when using Tor. You can have a try to surf the .onion website through your default browser. 

I bet You can't visit it. To visit from your default browser take a look at this blog post on how to surf .onion websites without the Onion browser.

What will happen without Tor On Darknet

Basically, Darknet is similar to the surface web but there are no restrictions. Anonymity is considered as the most powerful weapon. 

So, if there is no Tor browser then also we can visit .onion websites or darknet. Onion Browser is just a way of medium to surf it.

Conclusion

Tor plays an important role for hackers because it does not allows you to enter until you set-up layers for security. So, this gives them anonymity which is most important.