Chances are that you've seen advertisements for services offering a dark web scan lately. They've even made their way to regular TV commercials, with Experian's dark web scan being one of the most popular.
With data breaches becoming more common, it seems like a good idea to protect your security in this way. However, you could end up paying for pretty much nothing. Let's take a look at Experian's dark web scan and see what it actually does.
The dark web is the name given to hidden websites that you can't access without special software. Pages you can access via searching on Google or visiting directly only make up a part of the internet. To access sites on the dark web, you need to use a special browser (typically Tor) and know each site's specific address.
Because the dark web (...
The Experian Dark Web Scan: Do You Need It and Can You Trust It?
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