cnn.com— One year ago, the founders of Foursquare stepped onstage before a tech-savvy crowd in Austin, Texas, to announce their concept: a smartphone app that lets you tell friends where you are.
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I cannot for the life of me fathom how anyone with a full-time job (or life) maintains the energy (or will) to keep on top of all these social whoredom apps.I have enough trouble checking my personal email without getting overwhelmed.
Foursquare is definitely something that can make you vulnerable to theft or several other intrusions that can only be perpetrated from having your privacy tossed aside.What people seem to forget is that you can manage your privacy with Foursquare. You can set it so that you do or don't publish to Facebook or Twitter. You can choose to or not to announce where you are. You can select your friends and make all the decisions.If you get robbed because of Foursquare, you probably already get robbed a few times a year for being stupid about your privacy in lots of other ways.
Or, you could just wait until they are at a known location during a known time... like when they are gone for 45 hours per week to work or school.PleaseRobMe is bulls**t.Foursquare has perfectly acceptable privacy settings by default.
So set the privacy settings in the app to limit it to just friends and don't broadcast it to Twitter or Facebook.PleaseRobMe.com is alarmist bulls**t. If someone wants to rob you, they can just do it the 40+ hours per week where they know you are at work or school.
I don't get why a robber is going to look at your Foursquare and go "Hey, I'm going to rob them while they're at this bar and will possibly come back midway through me robbing the place." instead of just relying on a work schedule of some sort. Most people work regular hours during the weekday.I'd say that's a hell of a lot more telling than some random check-in from a phone that could literally mean anything.
Closed AccountMar 12, 2010
I cannot for the life of me fathom how anyone with a full-time job (or life) maintains the energy (or will) to keep on top of all these social whoredom apps.I have enough trouble checking my personal email without getting overwhelmed.
mweatherMar 12, 2010
I think you mean narcissistic.
theonlywizdumMar 12, 2010
pleaserobme.com
Closed AccountMar 12, 2010
I prefer Gowalla, it is better designed and the "mayor" concept is annoying.
orbital101Mar 12, 2010
Foursquare is definitely something that can make you vulnerable to theft or several other intrusions that can only be perpetrated from having your privacy tossed aside.What people seem to forget is that you can manage your privacy with Foursquare. You can set it so that you do or don't publish to Facebook or Twitter. You can choose to or not to announce where you are. You can select your friends and make all the decisions.If you get robbed because of Foursquare, you probably already get robbed a few times a year for being stupid about your privacy in lots of other ways.
zebzMar 13, 2010
Or, you could just wait until they are at a known location during a known time... like when they are gone for 45 hours per week to work or school.PleaseRobMe is bulls**t.Foursquare has perfectly acceptable privacy settings by default.
zebzMar 13, 2010
So set the privacy settings in the app to limit it to just friends and don't broadcast it to Twitter or Facebook.PleaseRobMe.com is alarmist bulls**t. If someone wants to rob you, they can just do it the 40+ hours per week where they know you are at work or school.
coheedcollapseMar 13, 2010
I don't get why a robber is going to look at your Foursquare and go "Hey, I'm going to rob them while they're at this bar and will possibly come back midway through me robbing the place." instead of just relying on a work schedule of some sort. Most people work regular hours during the weekday.I'd say that's a hell of a lot more telling than some random check-in from a phone that could literally mean anything.