We investigated several well-known apps from the Android market with respect to the amount of location data stored. Some of these apps, their corresponding databases as well as the location data retrieved can be found in the following table.
App | Storage Location | Content |
system | cache.cell | last 50 mobile telecommunication cells |
system | cache.wifi | last 200 wifi routers |
camera | JPG pictures | latitude and longitude of picture location |
browser | CachedGeopositions.db | latitude, longitude, accuracy and timestamp |
author_id.db -> statuses | latitude and longitude of status message | |
author_id.db -> search_queries | latitude, longitude and radius of location search queries | |
fb.db -> user_statuses | latitude and longitude of status message | |
fb.db -> user_values | latitude, longitude and timestamp of last checkin | |
google maps | da_destination_history | latitude and longitude of navigation start and destination |