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[–] iloveDigit@piefed.social 18 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

I would say it's more like, yeah of course when a "silent majority" forces a tiny percentage of people to rely on obscure tools to fight constant attacks on their right to free speech, then yeah that world might have that tiny percentage struggling more than the group attacking for fun

[–] Randomgal@lemmy.ca -1 points 1 week ago (2 children)

You mean buy drugs and tickets to Epstein Island? Because that's what the Dark Web is used for.

[–] iloveDigit@piefed.social 10 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

When you're targeted enough, you use it for regular email and stuff. Not sure if you get that. There are probably people who use piefed through tor

[–] swelter_spark@reddthat.com 2 points 1 week ago

I use Lemmy through tor. And everything else

[–] Cracks_InTheWalls@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

It's also used for anonymous communication where there's significant privacy concerns. There's several news organizations that have a dark web presence for sources to share sensitive information/stuff they could be persecuted for.

But yeah, there's a lot of that other stuff going on as well.