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In brief Brave has patched up its privacy-focused web browser after it was spotted leaking its Tor users' dark-web habits.
The browser has a built-in Tor mode, allowing folks to easily and anonymously surf the dark-web network. However, this code started spilling over the open internet the .onion domains visited by the browser to whatever DNS servers the software was configured to use for non-Tor websites, allowing whoever operates those DNS servers – or anyone who can snoop on the queries in transit – to figure out the kinds of hidden services frequented by an individual user.