Google Keep analysis

Keep is a note-taking application provided by Google. It can also be used to set reminders, either at a certain date/time or when the user is at a specified location.

Package name: com.google.android.keep

Version: Default version with Android 5.0.1 (not listed within app)

Files of interest:

  • /databases/keep.db
  • /files/1/image/original

The files/1/image/original directory contains photos taken using the app. Notes and reminders can both be associated with an image.

The keep.db contains all of the information about notes and reminders. There are, once again, several tables of interest:

Table

Description

alert

This contains information about location-based reminders. The reminder_id column can be correlated with entries in the ...

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