Foursquare Cheating Foursquare is one of the latest social networking sites that use location-based services. Users check in to places they visit, such as a bar, restaurant, or library. The main goal in using Foursquare is to earn badges and "Mayor" titles for favorite establishments by checking in more than friends or other Foursquare users.
However, users were found to be cheating, recording check-ins to places they had not been. In an effort to make it more difficult to cheat, the company introduced a new "cheater code," which uses a smartphones GPS-where available-to validate the users' true location. Why is GPS important to Foursquare? How could individuals cheat on providing locations? Why would individuals cheat about their locations? What did Foursquare implement to halt cheating? Do you think Foursquare users will still find ways to cheat?