According to Gadget Hacks, some websites require visitors to perform a verification task (enter a CAPTCHA) to ensure that they are a real user and not a bot. While this helps protect against spam, abuse, unauthorized access, and cyberattacks, it also makes it inconvenient for users to access content.
CAPTCHA codes sometimes cause a lot of discomfort for users
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If you find CAPTCHAs annoying, there's a simple way to minimize the number of image verifications that appear on your iPhone, iPad, or Mac computer.
Apple's Automatic Verification feature
Accordingly, if you have signed in to Apple ID on iPhone, iPad and Mac, all devices will receive the 'Automatic Verification' feature, allowing you to pass CAPTCHA without having to complete the requirements. It even protects privacy by hiding personal data and identifiers that are visible to regular CAPTCHA challenges.
As for how it works, when accessing a website or app that requires CAPTCHA, the feature will automatically verify you are a real user using your Apple ID. This process is quick and safe, you don't need to do anything.
How to activate Automatic Verification
As long as the device is running iOS 16 or iOS 17 or later, iPadOS 16.1 or iPadOS 17 or later, this feature will be enabled by default. However, if the feature is accidentally turned off somehow, you can turn it back on with these steps:
- Open the Settings app on iPhone or iPad.
- Tap your Apple ID name located at the top of the settings interface.
- Click Sign-In & Security.
- Scroll down to the bottom of the interface and enable the 'Automatic Verification' option.
Steps to activate the Automatic Verification feature of Apple ID
Why do you sometimes still see CAPTCHA verification requests?
It's worth noting that not all apps, websites or CAPTCHA providers participate in Apple's 'Automatic Verification' for iOS, iPadOS and macOS. So if you still see them with the feature enabled, you'll still need to answer the challenge manually.
