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Individuals looking to purchase one of the high energy releases from Nike today, such as the Air Jordan 3 “Infrared 23” or Nike Kobe 9 Elite “Perspective”, encountered a new checkout step from Confident Technologies meant to counter bots. Purchasers were asked to match words to pictures in order to verify they were a real person prior to checkout, an image of which you can see in the photo above shared by @TinoTheFilipino on Twitter. While it is not known which future releases will employ this image-based authentication process, consumers can be sure Nike will continue to explore ways to battle sneaker bots. Are you a fan of the photo verification step? Let us know in the comment section.
