So a family member watches fox news and I happened to see them say a bunch of BS. I completely forgot about it until I seen this on the bitcoin page https://np.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/102oiov/70_of_bitcoin_transactions_are_on_the_dark_web/

I tried to find a better video on YouTube and couldn't find anything. If you find one, then please link it and I will edit. Even more if it is the full thing.

It should be noted that the thing goes way before this. The host got into how 3 crypto leaders died. This was the ONLY evidence that was given to how the Mafia/cartel killed them (he flipped between). Meaning there was 0 evidence and 100% speculation and piss poor journalism.

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So first thing is first, lets talk about the 3 guys who died.

1 of them died in his sleep. This was legit and an investigation did happen to make sure. It was a normal death. I told my family member that was watching this BS this, and he got pissed and said "how do I know this". When I explain, "he didn't want to hear anymore and he was saying he didn't believe the investigations". I'm mentioning this because I think most watching this BS would feel the same way. It doesn't matter if it is Fox News, CNN, MSNBC, or whatever.

The 2 that died were talking about releasing info exposing child rings in those areas of world.

NONE of them died due to crypto or anything directly related to crypto.

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Now lets talk about the dark web. As a person with 3 degrees in computers and cyber security. Let me get into what the dark web is.

The dark web is ..... the part of the internet that can't be publicly search. For example, ANYTHING YOU HAVE TO LOG INTO. This is to include your email.

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So him saying "70% of Bitcoin transactions are on the dark web" isn't 100% wrong. Like IDK how you figure that exact number. But I imagine most transactions are on exchanges. In fact, I wouldn't doubt the real number is 90% or higher due to this.

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PLEASE EDUCATE OTHERS ON THIS. I'm so sick of media and others using the term "dark web" to mean something illegal.

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It honestly reminds me https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7Hn1rPQouU where there is so many things wrong with it that it is laughable.

1. If you already have a RAT (remote admin tool) on your systems. 1 it could be IT or whatever which is normal to let them remote in and basically work from home. Or 2 YOU ARE ALREADY HACKED. There is no "RAT sync to main server". Now if the hacker sucked and they somehow got a RAT on the system. You might get ping if a ton of data is moving off of the systems or out of normal stuff is happening.
2. You wouldn't have Firewall 1, 2, 3, etc. You would normally only have 1 firewall. Anything beyond that is honestly a waste.
3. There is no breach %. You aren't going through a physical wall.
4. If you have an unwanted RAT your first step is to take the things offline. This removing their access from the infected systems and hopefully they didn't infect other systems. Then it is to clean and repair any damage.
5. The IP address, they would already know it. But if you use some VPN or whatever, they wouldn't get your IP address. Like the system would have your IP address because the system would need to know who it is talking to in order to talk to it. It needs to know where to direct the traffic.

I can keep going, but ya..

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Like your average person wouldn't know the difference if this was real or fake because this isn't their world. In fact, because media has abused their power and pushed this hard as this is what it is like. It is highly understandable if people legit thought this is what it is like.

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So again, please educate those around you on basic terms like "dark web".

The TLDR for the dark web.

If you can't Google it, then it's the dark web. So all Web 3 sties at this time, TOR sites, and content from individual accounts, such as email, social media, banking, along with personal and professional databases, and documents (legal and medical).

Hardly any of it is actually used in a crime.

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Crypto used for x crime

Part of it he mention the normal how it is only used for drugs and what not. Here is a good image that says it all.

https://preview.redd.it/fymrgc3ml1aa1.png?960&format=png&auto=webp&s=3d7293a9e1f975eebab73eeaa4549481240a2960

You can follow the trail to find out where money went with crypto. With normal money you can't.

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By this point I ended up stop listing him out. Like it went to being funny to pissing me off.

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Now here is a fact about most media companies like Fox News

Prior to the gov getting rid of the Fairness Doctrine TV news stories by law had to pretty much be fact based. Like there was no spin, there was no bias, and so on.

I highly recommend reading this https://www.medialit.org/reading-room/whatever-happened-news

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Several of the "news" companies and shows sued each other, and judges have even ruled they are entertainment and not "news".

Which means it's all a bunch of reality TV BS more about getting money vs being honest. There is even examples of news stations before and after the change. Where before they were very much fact based, where now they are very much entertainment. Example in the video link below

This video compares the prior vs modern media. Before and after https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgZPJpdmw3A

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Again, educate those around you.

TLDR on this section, news went from a money loser but by law they had to have it. To getting rid of the law and going for making as much money as possible. To the point of going so far off that legally they are marked as entertainment and not news.