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B4rracud4 t1_j1i0arn wrote

I don't know about lucky. Everything we do online is stored somewhere around the world.

Many of those servers are harmless, some are even protected, but none are safe from a determined hacker.

To "go dark" means that you cannot come online without setting off an alarm somewhere. Not even to post this story.

Good luck.

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d4rk0n3x OP t1_j1ijweq wrote

True but I doubt I'm special enough to be the only one who has had something similar happen

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B4rracud4 t1_j1ilvuc wrote

Likely not, I've read extensively and your story is echoed in many of them.

It seems you clicked the wrong link. Personally I do not explore the web in the same way I used to.

I've been to some very dark places and I've made sure never to go back.

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d4rk0n3x OP t1_j1im2zh wrote

I'm keeping everything that could actually deanonymize me quiet

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B4rracud4 t1_j1ineo3 wrote

No problem, but if someone out there was really "onto you" no matter if it was just a "warning" you can be sure that no amount of anonymity online is going to keep you safe either.

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d4rk0n3x OP t1_j1inlmw wrote

Good thing it's just a burner account then no link back to my identity

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Orange__Moon t1_j1yo28j wrote

Everyone I've known who used the dark web just uses it to buy drugs. No problems for them. You must have delved too deep.

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d4rk0n3x OP t1_j1yqs2p wrote

I did and will never again do a deep dive on the darkweb.

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