A man catches a Pokemon in a Pokeball, while playing Nintendo Co.'s Pokemon Go augmented-reality game at the Trocadero, in front of the Eiffel tower, on August 17, 2016 in Paris, France. (Photo : Getty Images/Edward Barthelot)
It will now become as hard as ever for "Pokémon Go" players to cheat after Niantic's introduction of the Captcha security feature. In fact, several renowned hackers have admitted that hacking Pokémon Go app in future might not work anymore.
According to BGR, even after Niantic introduced banning, the company is still aware that "Pokémon Go" players are continually cheating. So, the developer team has decided to curb cheating by means of the famous captcha security feature, better known for filtering robots from websites.
The new anti-cheating feature is currently under development and might launch in the near future. The added security filter is intended to stop "Pokémon Go" players from bringing bots and third-party tracker into play.
Fans and enthusiasts alike are unsure how the captcha feature will affect "Pokémon Go" mapping trackers. If it is employed when a "Pokémon Go" player spins a Pokestop to catch Pokémon, the apps might not get affected.
Nevertheless, with this feature, Niantic has the weapon it needs if it is compelled to ban all kinds of hacks and cheats. In effect, the developer team can work its way around and deploy captcha whenever there is a need to restrict any form of suspicious activity.
In this manner, Niantic will manage to block the usage of "Pokémon Go" mapping apps. According to Business Insider, Steven Bartell, the renowned hacker behind the Insta-PokeGo bot, has admitted that captcha is hard to crack.
Bartell announced that his team was shutting down their Pokémon Go-bot website, which enabled players to catch over 3.3 billion Pokémon within a week. The site's closure is an effort to protect "Pokémon Go" players from getting banned.
As strict as it may sound, there may be some exceptions as far as cheating is concerned. For example, it is predicted that the "Pokémon Go" hack that allows players to walk anywhere in the game without leaving their geographical locations may be spared.
Even though Niantic has not introduced the new captcha anti-cheat feature, "Pokémon GO" fans who are fond of cheating have a reason to get concerned and play the game fairly in the near future. Watch the clip below for more "Pokemon Go" ban updates:
