'Google Search On Steroids' Brings Dark Web To Light

Posted by timothy on Friday February 13, 2015 @08:20PM from the but-your-search-history dept.

snydeq writes The government agency that brought us the Internet has now developed a powerful new search engine that is shedding light on the contents of the so-called deep Web. DARPA began work on the Memex Deep Web Search Engine a year ago, and this week unveiled its tools to Scientific American and 60 Minutes. "Memex, which is being developed by 17 different contractor teams, aims to build a better map of Internet content and uncover patterns in online data that could help law enforcement officers and others. While early trials have focused on mapping the movements of human traffickers, the technology could one day be applied to investigative efforts such as counterterrorism, missing persons, disease response, and disaster relief."

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search on steroids by rossdee · 2015-02-13 21:24 · Score: 3, Funny

Whike I am sure that steroid abuse is assisted by :the dark web' , there are more dangerous drugs for sale there, not to mention actual violent crime they should crack down on
Re:17 different contractor teams by phantomfive · 2015-02-13 21:51 · Score: 5, Funny

Hey, looks like I'm ready to be promoted to manager.

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"First they came for the slanderers and i said nothing."
Exactly. That was my takeaway as well. by tlambert · 2015-02-13 22:42 · Score: 4, Funny

Exactly. That was my take-away as well.
(1) Get a huge government contract
(2) Ignore robots.txt
(3) Profit!