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[Update] 'Pokémon GO' News: CAPTCHA System Added, Cheating Gets Harder

'Pokémon GO': CAPTCHA System Added, Cheating Gets Harder

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Cheating became even harder for some players who resort to it for "Pokémon GO." The Captcha system ensures that the player playing the game is the actual person and not a bot or something it isn't supposed to.

On top of the permanent banning, which went haywire a couple of weeks ago, Niantic adds another layer of anti-cheating protection for the game and this is through the Captcha system.

What the new system aims is to verify the player currently playing the game and to give it challenge questions that no bot would be able to answer. This is the same Captcha challenge questions that people get from browsing to certain websites and registering.

This will also prevent fraud or any third-party trackers to violate the game's rules while catching all the pokémon.

The update aren't officially rolled out yet and it was just spotted on certain accounts, but once enabled, it may reduce the number of cheaters for "Pokémon GO," but may not be exactly in a very significant amount.

Creator of "FastPokeMap" said in a tweet that its service may soon be taken down due to the security measures being rolled out regularly, but there's no definite answer yet whether the service will stay or not.

FastPokeMap shared their thoughts announcement regarding the matter:

"No one is sure whether mapping trackers will be affected because it really depends on how Niantic deploys the captcha," he said. "If they only use it when players spin a Pokéstop or try to catch a Pokémon, maps could be fine. If they are smarter about it and deploy the captcha when they see any sort of suspicious behavior, the maps could be in trouble too."

Some cheats and hacks will still work however, like the use of Android emulators, select GPS spoofing apps and others that do not really replace the actual player playing the game.

Stay tuned for more news on "Pokémon GO" cheating scene.

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