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Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
ELI5: Is there any risk in snooping around the darknet?
gpt
By definition, you can't.

The darknets are networks that are no longer accessible to the public Internet. Cut off physically by changes in the network.

If we are talking about the Deep Web, probably not. A lot of the Deep Web is really standard stuff, like one time dynamic pages for buying plane tickets. As well, with the Deep Web you can't get a result unless you know precisely what you're asking for [querying] or have the authentication required [login walls]. As a result, it isn't quite browseable in the same sense, with brief views given to us in the course of our standard use.

If we are talking the Underweb, like Tor, maybe. There's lots of rather trivial things on there, pirated movies and games, and then there's the illegal stuff. If you aren't actively looking for the illegal stuff, then no. Chances are you're in the clear. If you are though, then the authorities might want to talk to you if they can unmask your identity -- Tor is known to have FBI-operated nodes for the distinct purpose of identifying criminal traffic.