Proliferation of Darknets

Published 2022-03

Many people confuse the deep web— hidden parts of the internet that aren’t usually indexed by search engines— with darknets, which are niche spaces promising anonymity, often for illegal activities.

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Verdict

persistedThe same trend is listed again within the publisher's next two editions (D33).

Continued as ftsg-tech-trends-2023-548

A trend is graded on whether the publisher keeps it, never as a hit or a miss (D6, D33).

The same forecast in other editions

2020rank 346
2021rank 322
2022rank 344

All captured fields

rank: 344
section: Policy, Government & Security
subsection: Security / Hactivism
subject: Proliferation of Darknets
horizon: Act Now
page: 386
confidence: high
note: horizon is the label the page header highlights (Watch Closely / Informs Strategy / Act Now); it applies to the page the trend starts on.