Question 1

How does GPS attendance prevent buddy punching?

Accepted Answer

The punch carries the location it was made from, so a check-in made from someone else's home or from a location other than the assigned site is visible in the record and can be flagged automatically. Pairing GPS with face verification closes the remaining gap by confirming who made the punch as well as where.

Question 2

What stops an employee using a fake GPS app?

Accepted Answer

Mock-location attempts are detected and the punch is flagged rather than accepted. This matters more than it sounds — an attendance control that a free app can bypass provides false assurance, which is worse than no control.

Question 3

Does GPS attendance work indoors or in basements?

Accepted Answer

GPS accuracy degrades indoors, which is why accuracy is assessed before a punch is accepted rather than assumed. For consistently indoor locations such as basement warehouses, a tablet kiosk or biometric device at the entry point is the more reliable primary method, with GPS used for staff who move between sites.

Question 4

Is a data connection required to punch in?

Accepted Answer

The punch is captured on the device and synced when connectivity returns, retaining the original punch time. Employees at sites with weak coverage are not blocked from marking attendance.

Question 5

Does GPS attendance mean employees are tracked all day?

Accepted Answer

No. GPS attendance captures location at the moment of the punch only. Continuous location recording is a separate capability (live tracking), it is bound to the working session, and it is enabled deliberately rather than as a side effect of using GPS attendance.