Foursquare Develops Solution To Prevent Cheaters

Admit it; if you haven’t already done so, you’ve probably considered ‘gaming’ Foursquare on your smartphone and checking in to extra places, in hopes of getting yet another badge, possibly even a Mayor badge. Just this morning we covered one company, GetMayor, that charges for such services. After all, how would Foursquare know, given the ultimate accuracy of GPS? Well they do, and they’ve come up with a solution to stop Foursquare cheaters.

If you’ve used Foursquare, the location-sharing “check in” app that runs on multiple smartphones and other mobile devices, you know it’s set up as a bit of game.

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