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Re:Ask HN: Did HN just start using Google recaptcha for logins? by traceroute66 on Monday January 09, 2023 @01:03PM (#34313550)
> we do sometimes turn captchas on for logins when HN is under some kind of (possible) attack

I don't think people are disputing the necessity, just the mechanism used.

The other services (hCaptcha) are effectively drop-in replacement with minimal code changes.

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Re:Ask HN: Did HN just start using Google recaptcha for logins? by nokya on Wednesday January 11, 2023 @06:42AM (#34337414)
+1 nothing against some anti bot feature, just hopefully not Google.
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