Scraping the Dark Web using Python, Selenium, and TOR on Mac OSX — Warning: Accessing the dark web can be dangerous! Please continue at your own risk and take necessary security precautions such as disabling scripts and using a VPN service. Introduction To most users, Google is the gateway to exploring the internet. However, the deep web contains pages that cannot be indexed by Google. Within this space, lies the dark web — anonymized websites, often called hidden services, dealing in criminal activity from drugs to hacking to human trafficking.