  Location sharing applications are becoming increasingly common. These
applications allow users to share their own locations and view contacts'
current locations on a map. Location applications are commonly used by friends
and family members to view Global Positioning System (GPS) location of an
individual, but valuable forensic evidence may exist in this data when stored
locally on smartphones. This paper aims to discover forensic artifacts from two
popular third-party location sharing applications on iOS and Android devices.
Industry standard mobile forensic suites are utilized to discover if any
locally stored data could be used to assist investigations reliant on knowing
the past location of a suspect. Security issues raised regarding the artifacts
found during our analysis is also discussed.
