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Brave Browser is fixing a privacy issue that leaks the Tor onion URL addresses you visit to your locally configured DNS server, exposing the dark web websites you visit.
Brave is Chromium-based browser that has been modified with privacy in mind, including a built-in ad blocker, tight data controls, and a built-in Tor browser mode to browse the web anonymously.
Websites located on Tor use onion URL addresses that users can only access through the Tor network. For example, DuckDuckGo's Tor address is https://3g2upl4pq6kufc4m.onion/ and the New York Time's address is https://www.nytimes3xbfgragh.onion/.
To access Tor onion URLs, Brave added a 'Private Window with Tor' mode that acts as a proxy to the Tor network. When you attempt to connect to an onion URL, your request is proxied through volunteer-run Tor nodes who make the request for you and send back the returned HTML.
Due to this proxy implementation, Brave's Tor mode does not directly provide the same level of privacy as using the Tor Browser.

Brave privacy bug exposes Tor onion URLs to your DNS provider
Brave Browser is fixing a privacy issue that leaks the Tor onion URL addresses you visit to your locally configured DNS server, exposing the dark web websites you visit.