Is Bee Hive safe?
BeeHive is medium risk. When you use the Bee Hive new-tab search, the extension submits it to search.beehivetab.com with extra fields added to the URL: search context plus stored values including a persistent user UUID, install token, and affiliate click ID.…
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Findings
New-tab searches send query URLs with persistent identifiers.
When you use the Bee Hive new-tab search, the extension submits it to search.beehivetab.com with extra fields added to the URL: search context plus stored values including a persistent user UUID, install token, and affiliate click ID.
The user submits a search from the extension's new-tab page.
The extension submits the search request with stored user and affiliate identifiers appended as form fields.
| Field | Value | Why it matters | |
|---|---|---|---|
Your search URL | https://search.beehivetab.com/?q=weather (illustrative) | The request carries the search URL context submitted from the new-tab page. | |
Stored extension identifiers | userId=d7f3a1b2-...&utm_uid=affiliate-click-id (illustrative) | Values from storage that link searches to one installation: a persistent user UUID, install token, affiliate click ID, and install timing. |
Install beacon sends a generated user ID to the extension's vendor
On first install, the worker generates a random UUID and POSTs it to beehivetab.com with your browser name and two identifier values.
Dynamic analysis observed the real UUID sent.
The code reads the response for an auth token and click ID.
The user installs the Bee Hive extension for the first time.
The extension generates a random installation ID and sends it, along with the browser name and two fixed identifiers, to the vendor's server in a POST request.
This happens automatically on install, before any other interaction with the extension.
{
"uid": "a51c97d2-ba8b-4a45-9c15-33def9803b1b",
"b": "chrome",
"extension": "BeeHiveTabCh",
"theme_index": 7
}| Field | Value | Why it matters | |
|---|---|---|---|
Generated installation ID | a51c97d2-ba8b-4a45-9c15-33def9803b1b | A random UUID created at install, sent to the vendor and reused on later requests to link them to this installation. | |
Browser name | chrome | Identifies which browser the extension is running in. | |
Extension identifier | BeeHiveTabCh | A fixed, vendor-assigned label for this build and distribution channel. | |
Theme index | 7 | A fixed numeric code identifying the install variant. |
The install request itself, including the generated UUID, was captured in full during dynamic analysis. The vendor's server returned an error status in this session, so we could not directly observe what it sends back. The extension's source code shows it reads the response body for an authentication token and an affiliate click ID, then writes both to local storage next to the installation UUID.