Forensic Analysis of Fitness Applications on Android

Abstract

People these days are getting more and more digitized. Every other person is using a smartphone and wearing smartwatches. These days cell phones and wearable devices have been used in many different ways. It keeps track of the location used for payment, keeps track of health conditions, etc. These types of information are stored in the database of an application. The applications can be Instant messaging applications, health care applications, m-banking applications, etc. These applications contain a lot of information about a person, from their basic information to their activities. The information stored by these applications can be beneficial for forensic investigation. This paper analyzed the popular healthcare application and recovered many artifacts like user details, email address, food habits, user locations, timestamps, etc.