One does not have to be too cynical to suspect very strongly that the more rigorous use of ReCaptcha by Hilton is security theatre and diversion. While Hilton will not admit it, it is abundantly clear that they are in the midst of a serious and ongoing breech of Honors accounts. The theft of points is being carried out mainly through transfers to points.com and by the new points polling feature.

Hilton's tactic appears to be successful so far: a great many Honors members are complaining about ReChaptcha instead of pressuring Hilton to come clean about the extent of the breech and to finally put in place robust, convenient to use security around Honors accounts.