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iOS 16 will let users bypass CAPTCHAs for verification in supported apps, websites

Updated on: 21 June,2022 04:48 PM IST  |  San Francisco
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When enabled, Apple says iCloud will automatically and privately verify your device and Apple ID account in the background, eliminating the need for apps and websites to present you with a CAPTCHA verification prompt

iOS 16 will let users bypass CAPTCHAs for verification in supported apps, websites

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With its latest operating system, Apple is trying to make the user experience better with every helpful feature. In the iOS 16, the tech giant has introduced support for bypassing the CAPTCHAs need for security to access supported apps and websites. The new option is available for users in the Settings app. 


When enabled, Apple says iCloud will automatically and privately verify your device and Apple ID account in the background, eliminating the need for apps and websites to present you with a CAPTCHA verification prompt, reports MacRumors.



Apple recently shared a video with technical details about how the feature works, but simply put, Apple's system verifies that the device and Apple ID account are in good standing and presents what is called a Private Access Token to the app or website.


This new system will offer a better user experience for tasks such as signing into or creating an account, with improved user privacy and accessibility compared to CAPTCHA, the report said.

Cloudflare and Fastly have already announced support for Private Access Tokens, meaning that the ability to bypass CAPTCHAs could be coming to millions of apps and websites powered by those platforms, and the feature will roll out more widely over time.

In the first betas of iOS 16 and iPadOS 16, Automatic Verification is enabled by default. Apple said the feature is also supported on macOS Ventura.

All of the software updates are currently in beta and will be released later this year, the report said.

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