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.
This is the problem when the private sector is tasked w/public safety. It's not profitable enough for companies to take appointments over the phone & it's not profitable enough for them to manage spam. There are winners, and there are losers. The winners of vaccine scheduling are losers of digital privacy & freedom. The healthcare losers are winners of digital privacy & freedom.
@resist1984 Well ... authorities are not always that aggressive, but in principle they do the same here. Or rather, the »servicing« companies that run the authorities' websites.