Some online #Covid19 vaccination sites are forcing Google #reCAPTCHA on those trying to schedule appointments; some are blocking Tor; some are simultanously snooping & blocking Tor (using #CloudFlare); some sites are broken unless you run non-free Google js. Even sites that are centralized by the state governor are Tor hostile. Some Tor-hostile pharmacies refuse phone scheduling.
#RiteAid's Tor hostile website is blocking appointments even to non-Tor users if the site believes the browser is too old, redirecting users to a page that says "Upgrade browser for the best Rite Aid experience". These assholes are going to be persnickety about browser versions during a pandemic.
Those trying to schedule a #covid19 vaccine by phone are refused by #WalMart & forced to use the website (so WalMart makes healthcare conditional on having internet access). *After* walmart.com collects your personal details, it then forces a #reCAPTCHA. If you refuse the #CAPTCHA, you don't get your shot but WalMart gets to keep the data you supplied to them.
@resist1984 what’s the threat of a CAPTCHA?
@gritnot I boycott #Google's #reCAPTCHA & also #hCAPTCHA. Paragraphs 2, 4, & 6 of this article cover hCAPTCHA well: https://git.disroot.org/cyberMonk/liberethos_paradigm/src/branch/master/rap_sheets/cloudflare.md reCAPTCHA has the same issues + the additional problem of feeding Google, which amplifies Google's privacy abuses.
@gritnot also paragraph 9 & 10. I create robots, so CAPTCHAs oppress me more than others.
