Random Online "Red Rooms" (8 items)

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  (#5) People Have Live Streamed Murder - And Were Obviously Caught

  Some people have actually been dumb (or crazy) enough to stream murders live. You wouldn't exactly call it a red room, but rather a place where criminals willingly make their crimes a matter of public record. It does prove, though, that the technology for a red room theoretically exists.

  One example involves two men in Slovenia who beat a third man to death - all while streaming it on Facebook Live. They were promptly arrested and are awaiting sentencing. Far from the only instance of this, there have been other murders, rapes, and suicides streamed on Facebook Live. However, horrible people who stream their horrible actions live online one time before being arrested, is a far-cry from making a full-fledged business out of it through a red room.
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  (#7) The Surface Web Is Already Full Of Enough Darkness

  Let's be honest - if you spend enough time surfing the normal web, you might just stumble across some stuff you can never unsee. All sorts of terrible things, from child pornography to sites run by ISIS exist on the regular ol' Internet. So, it stands to reason that if you can't find something on the surface web, even hidden in some obscure and secure location, it probably doesn't exist on the dark web either.

  And according to Wired Magazine, many of the claims about the dark web are overblown. The dark web accounts for only a tiny fraction of the Internet - between 7,000 and 30,000 hidden Tor sites by most recent estimates. That adds up to about 0.03% of the total content of the Internet. Those who use it are also few. Of the nearly two million daily Tor users, only 1.5% of the overall traffic has to do with any sort of hidden site. The rest of the users are just protecting their regular browsing history.
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  (#8) Some Claim Red Rooms Exist On The Surface Web But Are Only Accessible Via The Dark Web

  A common claim made by multiple sources who frequent the dark web is that red rooms do exist, but the live streaming itself occurs on the surface, or clear web. This gets around the latency problem inherent in using Tor.

  Basically, to get in you have to somehow develop a relationship with the group who created it. This takes multiple steps, starting with Internet relay chat and finding someone who already knows the link. Once there, you would need to make an account and get an invite.

  All of this is an absolutely terrible idea for more reasons than can be mentioned, so the best advice here is to perish the thought.
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  (#2) Tor Allegedly Can't Stream Live Video

  One of the chief arguments against the existence of red rooms is the claim that Tor is just too slow to stream live video. But even if this claim is true, Tor is not synonymous with the deep web - Tor is simply a way to browse the deep web. It does mean, however, that it would be technically impossible to actually operate these red rooms using Tor, so a different distribution mechanism would be needed.

  This is why some people claim that if red rooms do to exist, they would not actually be found on the deep web at all. Instead, they would be hidden in heavily restricted and secure areas of the surface web.
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  (#1) Peter Gerard Scully Is On Trial For Doing Horrible Things

  People who believe that red rooms are real often point to Peter Gerard Scully. Scully is currently on trial in the Philippines, and has been accused of many flat-out terrible things including child pornography, kidnapping, human trafficking, rape, and the murder of a 12-year-old girl whose remains were discovered at one of Scully's former residences. In all fairness, it should be noted that he has pleaded not guilty to the charges and the trial is still pending.

  However, among Scully's alleged exploits is a film titled Daisy's Destruction (also referred to as The Destruction of Daisy). This is just one of many videos that Scully is said to have uploaded to the dark web. If you have seen any of these videos, you are either a member of the Filipino or Australian police, or you have committed a horrific crime. The contents of the videos, and the charges placed against Scully, are supposedly so awful that the Philippines has actually considered bringing back the death penalty specifically for this case.

  Even if the charges against Scully prove to be true, it is not clear whether his dark website No Limits Fun can be considered to be a "true" red room, as it is unknown whether or not anything was ever streamed live on the site.
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  (#3) If Red Rooms Are Real, You Definitely Won't Stumble Onto One

  According to IT experts that frequent the deep web, if a red room were to exist, it would be heavily guarded and only a select few people would even be able to view them. Certainly, there are plenty of alleged red room scams on the deep web (as well as law enforcement sting operations in effect). So, this immediately poses a problem for both the payer and the seller of the red room.

  Anyone performing an illegal activity in one of these rooms is going to have a hard time advertising without making the authorities aware of their dealings. Likewise, anyone seeking illegal activity is going to be wary of spending massive amounts of money on a product they cannot verify. Long story short, you really have to try if you want to find one.

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