Foursquare: How private is private?

Location is one of my hobbies. Even though I don’t map items for openstreetmap and the like, I still try out at least every location-related startup there is. Foursquare, as you probably know is a location-based game — get points and badges to check into locations. The points are aggregated into weekly leaderboard (of penis envy) and everyone gets a fresh start every Monday morning. Check-in Foursquare has different check-in modes....

May 25, 2010 · 4 min