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A few weeks ago I noticed that Reddit also started using Google Recaptcha for account creation.

Even though I only saw it on creation, and not on login, the possibility of associating a strong identifying fingerprint with a presumably anonymous throwaway user account was concerning.


In related news, there has been a recent outbreak in India of deadly "Black Fungus" in Covid patients.

https://www.theguardian.com/global/2021/may/11/what-is-the-d...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mucormycosis


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