Chapter 4 - Facilitators and relevant factors

4.2 Anonymisation tools - Future threats and developments

Media attention and the resulting increased perception of the threat from hidden services has prompted a law enforcement response which has resulted in several high profile operational successes.

The current Darknets are popular and growing; they have communities which continue to support and develop them. These platforms will only continue to improve upon the security and anonymity they can provide to users. It is also inevitable that new anonymisation technologies will develop on their foundations, such as the developing peer-to-peer (P2P) anonymisation services, which offer greater security and pose further challenges to law enforcement.