diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d280a82f..4e3634d2 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
     "react": "^17.0.2",
     "react-dom": "^17.0.2",
     "react-ga4": "^2.0.0",
+    "react-google-recaptcha-v3": "^1.10.1",
     "react-helmet-async": "^1.3.0",
     "react-i18next": "^12.1.1",
     "react-router-dom": "^5.2.0",
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index e647a67f..587bf9a0 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -80,6 +80,9 @@ dependencies:
   react-ga4:
     specifier: ^2.0.0
     version: 2.1.0
+  react-google-recaptcha-v3:
+    specifier: ^1.10.1
+    version: 1.10.1(react-dom@17.0.2)(react@17.0.2)
   react-helmet-async:
     specifier: ^1.3.0
     version: 1.3.0(react-dom@17.0.2)(react@17.0.2)
@@ -5187,6 +5190,17 @@ packages:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-ZKS7PGNFqqMd3PJ6+C2Jtz/o1iU9ggiy8Y8nUeksgVuvNISbmrQtJiZNvC/TjDsqD0QlU5Wkgs7i+w9+OjHhhQ==}
     dev: false
 
+  /react-google-recaptcha-v3@1.10.1(react-dom@17.0.2)(react@17.0.2):
+    resolution: {integrity: sha512-K3AYzSE0SasTn+XvV2tq+6YaxM+zQypk9rbCgG4OVUt7Rh4ze9basIKefoBz9sC0CNslJj9N1uwTTgRMJQbQJQ==}
+    peerDependencies:
+      react: ^16.3 || ^17.0 || ^18.0
+      react-dom: ^17.0 || ^18.0
+    dependencies:
+      hoist-non-react-statics: 3.3.2
+      react: 17.0.2
+      react-dom: 17.0.2(react@17.0.2)
+    dev: false
+
   /react-helmet-async@1.3.0(react-dom@17.0.2)(react@17.0.2):
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-9jZ57/dAn9t3q6hneQS0wukqC2ENOBgMNVEhb/ZG9ZSxUetzVIw4iAmEU38IaVg3QGYauQPhSeUTuIUtFglWpg==}
     peerDependencies:
diff --git a/src/components/PassphraseDisplay.tsx b/src/components/PassphraseDisplay.tsx
index 4a1235d9..c0567854 100644
--- a/src/components/PassphraseDisplay.tsx
+++ b/src/components/PassphraseDisplay.tsx
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import { Icon, Icons } from "./Icon";
 export function PassphaseDisplay(props: { mnemonic: string }) {
   const individualWords = props.mnemonic.split(" ");
 
-  const [_, copy] = useCopyToClipboard();
+  const [, copy] = useCopyToClipboard();
 
   const [hasCopied, setHasCopied] = useState(false);
 
diff --git a/src/components/layout/LargeCard.tsx b/src/components/layout/LargeCard.tsx
index 1367a85f..ba756ab0 100644
--- a/src/components/layout/LargeCard.tsx
+++ b/src/components/layout/LargeCard.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,17 @@
-export function LargeCard(props: { children: React.ReactNode }) {
+export function LargeCard(props: {
+  children: React.ReactNode;
+  top?: React.ReactNode;
+}) {
   return (
-    <div className="rounded-xl bg-largeCard-background bg-opacity-50 max-w-[600px] mx-auto p-[3rem]">
-      {props.children}
+    <div className="flex flex-col items-center">
+      {props.top ? (
+        <div className="inline-block transform translate-y-1/2">
+          {props.top}
+        </div>
+      ) : null}
+      <div className="w-full rounded-xl bg-largeCard-background bg-opacity-50 max-w-[600px] mx-auto p-[3rem]">
+        {props.children}
+      </div>
     </div>
   );
 }
diff --git a/src/components/player/internals/ContextMenu/Input.tsx b/src/components/player/internals/ContextMenu/Input.tsx
index df3bedc5..79023f88 100644
--- a/src/components/player/internals/ContextMenu/Input.tsx
+++ b/src/components/player/internals/ContextMenu/Input.tsx
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ export function Input(props: {
       />
       <input
         placeholder="Search"
-        className="w-full py-2 px-3 pl-[calc(0.75rem+24px)] bg-video-context-inputBg rounded placeholder:text-video-context-inputPlaceholder"
+        className="w-full py-2 px-3 pl-[calc(0.75rem+24px)] focus:outline-none bg-video-context-inputBg rounded placeholder:text-video-context-inputPlaceholder"
         value={props.value}
         onInput={(e) => props.onInput(e.currentTarget.value)}
       />
diff --git a/src/components/text-inputs/AuthInputBox.tsx b/src/components/text-inputs/AuthInputBox.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..be0cee19
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/text-inputs/AuthInputBox.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+import { TextInputControl } from "./TextInputControl";
+
+export function AuthInputBox(props: {
+  value?: string;
+  label?: string;
+  placeholder?: string;
+  onChange?: (data: string) => void;
+}) {
+  return (
+    <div className="space-y-3">
+      {props.label ? (
+        <p className="font-bold text-white">{props.label}</p>
+      ) : null}
+      <TextInputControl
+        value={props.value}
+        onChange={props.onChange}
+        placeholder={props.placeholder}
+        className="w-full flex-1 bg-authentication-inputBg px-4 py-3 text-search-text focus:outline-none rounded-lg placeholder:text-gray-700"
+      />
+    </div>
+  );
+}
diff --git a/src/hooks/auth/useAuth.ts b/src/hooks/auth/useAuth.ts
index 2a7e6b2d..2024b4d5 100644
--- a/src/hooks/auth/useAuth.ts
+++ b/src/hooks/auth/useAuth.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import { useBackendUrl } from "@/hooks/auth/useBackendUrl";
 import { useAuthStore } from "@/stores/auth";
 
 export interface RegistrationData {
+  recaptchaToken: string;
   mnemonic: string;
   userData: {
     device: string;
@@ -89,7 +90,10 @@ export function useAuth() {
 
   const register = useCallback(
     async (registerData: RegistrationData) => {
-      const { challenge } = await getRegisterChallengeToken(backendUrl);
+      const { challenge } = await getRegisterChallengeToken(
+        backendUrl,
+        registerData.recaptchaToken
+      );
       const keys = await keysFromMnemonic(registerData.mnemonic);
       const signature = await signChallenge(keys, challenge);
       const registerResult = await registerAccount(backendUrl, {
diff --git a/src/pages/Register.tsx b/src/pages/Register.tsx
index 95ff5f2e..e7458f0a 100644
--- a/src/pages/Register.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/Register.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { useState } from "react";
+import { GoogleReCaptchaProvider } from "react-google-recaptcha-v3";
 
 import { SubPageLayout } from "@/pages/layouts/SubPageLayout";
 import {
@@ -8,47 +9,51 @@ import {
 import { PassphraseGeneratePart } from "@/pages/parts/auth/PassphraseGeneratePart";
 import { TrustBackendPart } from "@/pages/parts/auth/TrustBackendPart";
 import { VerifyPassphrase } from "@/pages/parts/auth/VerifyPassphrasePart";
+import { conf } from "@/setup/config";
 
 export function RegisterPage() {
   const [step, setStep] = useState(0);
   const [mnemonic, setMnemonic] = useState<null | string>(null);
   const [account, setAccount] = useState<null | AccountProfile>(null);
+  const reCaptchaKey = conf().RECAPTCHA_SITE_KEY;
 
   return (
-    <SubPageLayout>
-      {step === 0 ? (
-        <TrustBackendPart
-          onNext={() => {
-            setStep(1);
-          }}
-        />
-      ) : null}
-      {step === 1 ? (
-        <PassphraseGeneratePart
-          onNext={(n) => {
-            setMnemonic(n);
-            setStep(2);
-          }}
-        />
-      ) : null}
-      {step === 2 ? (
-        <AccountCreatePart
-          onNext={(v) => {
-            setAccount(v);
-            setStep(3);
-          }}
-        />
-      ) : null}
-      {step === 3 ? (
-        <VerifyPassphrase
-          mnemonic={mnemonic}
-          userData={account}
-          onNext={() => {
-            setStep(4);
-          }}
-        />
-      ) : null}
-      {step === 4 ? <p>Success, account now exists</p> : null}
-    </SubPageLayout>
+    <GoogleReCaptchaProvider reCaptchaKey={reCaptchaKey}>
+      <SubPageLayout>
+        {step === 0 ? (
+          <TrustBackendPart
+            onNext={() => {
+              setStep(1);
+            }}
+          />
+        ) : null}
+        {step === 1 ? (
+          <PassphraseGeneratePart
+            onNext={(m) => {
+              setMnemonic(m);
+              setStep(2);
+            }}
+          />
+        ) : null}
+        {step === 2 ? (
+          <AccountCreatePart
+            onNext={(a) => {
+              setAccount(a);
+              setStep(3);
+            }}
+          />
+        ) : null}
+        {step === 3 ? (
+          <VerifyPassphrase
+            mnemonic={mnemonic}
+            userData={account}
+            onNext={() => {
+              setStep(4);
+            }}
+          />
+        ) : null}
+        {step === 4 ? <p>Success, account now exists</p> : null}
+      </SubPageLayout>
+    </GoogleReCaptchaProvider>
   );
 }
diff --git a/src/pages/parts/auth/AccountCreatePart.tsx b/src/pages/parts/auth/AccountCreatePart.tsx
index bdaff578..ef4be090 100644
--- a/src/pages/parts/auth/AccountCreatePart.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/parts/auth/AccountCreatePart.tsx
@@ -1,11 +1,16 @@
 import { useCallback, useState } from "react";
 
 import { Button } from "@/components/Button";
-import { Input } from "@/components/player/internals/ContextMenu/Input";
+import { Icon, Icons } from "@/components/Icon";
+import {
+  LargeCard,
+  LargeCardButtons,
+  LargeCardText,
+} from "@/components/layout/LargeCard";
+import { AuthInputBox } from "@/components/text-inputs/AuthInputBox";
 
 export interface AccountProfile {
   device: string;
-  account: string;
   profile: {
     colorA: string;
     colorB: string;
@@ -18,13 +23,11 @@ interface AccountCreatePartProps {
 }
 
 export function AccountCreatePart(props: AccountCreatePartProps) {
-  const [account, setAccount] = useState("");
   const [device, setDevice] = useState("");
   // TODO validate device and account before next step
 
   const nextStep = useCallback(() => {
     props.onNext?.({
-      account,
       device,
       profile: {
         colorA: "#fff",
@@ -32,15 +35,27 @@ export function AccountCreatePart(props: AccountCreatePartProps) {
         icon: "brush",
       },
     });
-  }, [account, device, props]);
+  }, [device, props]);
 
   return (
-    <div>
-      <p>Account name</p>
-      <Input value={account} onInput={setAccount} />
-      <p>Device name</p>
-      <Input value={device} onInput={setDevice} />
-      <Button onClick={() => nextStep()}>Next</Button>
-    </div>
+    <LargeCard>
+      <LargeCardText
+        icon={<Icon icon={Icons.USER} />}
+        title="Account information"
+      >
+        Set up your account.... OR ELSE!
+      </LargeCardText>
+      <AuthInputBox
+        label="Device name"
+        value={device}
+        onChange={setDevice}
+        placeholder="Muad'Dib's Nintendo Switch"
+      />
+      <LargeCardButtons>
+        <Button theme="purple" onClick={() => nextStep()}>
+          Next
+        </Button>
+      </LargeCardButtons>
+    </LargeCard>
   );
 }
diff --git a/src/pages/parts/auth/LoginFormPart.tsx b/src/pages/parts/auth/LoginFormPart.tsx
index 72aabeb0..f5082826 100644
--- a/src/pages/parts/auth/LoginFormPart.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/parts/auth/LoginFormPart.tsx
@@ -3,7 +3,13 @@ import { useAsyncFn } from "react-use";
 
 import { verifyValidMnemonic } from "@/backend/accounts/crypto";
 import { Button } from "@/components/Button";
-import { Input } from "@/components/player/internals/ContextMenu/Input";
+import { BrandPill } from "@/components/layout/BrandPill";
+import {
+  LargeCard,
+  LargeCardButtons,
+  LargeCardText,
+} from "@/components/layout/LargeCard";
+import { AuthInputBox } from "@/components/text-inputs/AuthInputBox";
 import { useAuth } from "@/hooks/auth/useAuth";
 
 interface LoginFormPartProps {
@@ -39,14 +45,38 @@ export function LoginFormPart(props: LoginFormPartProps) {
   );
 
   return (
-    <div>
-      <p>passphrase</p>
-      <Input value={mnemonic} onInput={setMnemonic} />
-      <p>Device name</p>
-      <Input value={device} onInput={setDevice} />
-      {result.loading ? <p>Loading...</p> : null}
-      {result.error ? <p>error: {result.error.toString()}</p> : null}
-      <Button onClick={() => execute(mnemonic, device)}>Login</Button>
-    </div>
+    <LargeCard top={<BrandPill />}>
+      <LargeCardText title="Login to your account">
+        Oh, you&apos;re asking for the key to my top-secret lair, also known as
+        The Fortress of Wordsmithery, accessed only by reciting the sacred
+        incantation of the 12-word passphrase!
+      </LargeCardText>
+      <div className="space-y-4">
+        <AuthInputBox
+          label="12-Word Passphrase"
+          value={mnemonic}
+          onChange={setMnemonic}
+          placeholder="Passphrase"
+        />
+        <AuthInputBox
+          label="Device name"
+          value={device}
+          onChange={setDevice}
+          placeholder="Device"
+        />
+        {result.loading ? <p>Loading...</p> : null}
+        {result.error && !result.loading ? (
+          <p className="text-authentication-errorText">
+            {result.error.message}
+          </p>
+        ) : null}
+      </div>
+
+      <LargeCardButtons>
+        <Button theme="purple" onClick={() => execute(mnemonic, device)}>
+          LET ME IN!
+        </Button>
+      </LargeCardButtons>
+    </LargeCard>
   );
 }
diff --git a/src/pages/parts/auth/VerifyPassphrasePart.tsx b/src/pages/parts/auth/VerifyPassphrasePart.tsx
index 3bd58d55..270be190 100644
--- a/src/pages/parts/auth/VerifyPassphrasePart.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/parts/auth/VerifyPassphrasePart.tsx
@@ -1,8 +1,15 @@
-import { useState } from "react";
+import { useCallback, useEffect, useState } from "react";
+import { GoogleReCaptcha, useGoogleReCaptcha } from "react-google-recaptcha-v3";
 import { useAsyncFn } from "react-use";
 
 import { Button } from "@/components/Button";
-import { Input } from "@/components/player/internals/ContextMenu/Input";
+import { Icon, Icons } from "@/components/Icon";
+import {
+  LargeCard,
+  LargeCardButtons,
+  LargeCardText,
+} from "@/components/layout/LargeCard";
+import { AuthInputBox } from "@/components/text-inputs/AuthInputBox";
 import { useAuth } from "@/hooks/auth/useAuth";
 import { AccountProfile } from "@/pages/parts/auth/AccountCreatePart";
 
@@ -16,10 +23,17 @@ export function VerifyPassphrase(props: VerifyPassphraseProps) {
   const [mnemonic, setMnemonic] = useState("");
   const { register, restore } = useAuth();
 
+  const { executeRecaptcha } = useGoogleReCaptcha();
+
   const [result, execute] = useAsyncFn(
     async (inputMnemonic: string) => {
+      const recaptchaToken = executeRecaptcha
+        ? await executeRecaptcha()
+        : undefined;
+
       if (!props.mnemonic || !props.userData)
-        throw new Error("invalid input data");
+        throw new Error("Data is not valid");
+      if (!recaptchaToken) throw new Error("ReCaptcha validation failed");
       if (inputMnemonic !== props.mnemonic)
         throw new Error("Passphrase doesn't match");
 
@@ -28,6 +42,7 @@ export function VerifyPassphrase(props: VerifyPassphraseProps) {
       await register({
         mnemonic: inputMnemonic,
         userData: props.userData,
+        recaptchaToken,
       });
 
       // TODO import (and sort out conflicts)
@@ -40,12 +55,29 @@ export function VerifyPassphrase(props: VerifyPassphraseProps) {
   );
 
   return (
-    <div>
-      <p>verify passphrase</p>
-      <Input value={mnemonic} onInput={setMnemonic} />
-      {result.loading ? <p>Loading...</p> : null}
-      {result.error ? <p>error: {result.error.toString()}</p> : null}
-      <Button onClick={() => execute(mnemonic)}>Register</Button>
-    </div>
+    <LargeCard>
+      <LargeCardText
+        icon={<Icon icon={Icons.CIRCLE_CHECK} />}
+        title="Enter your passphrase"
+      >
+        If you&apos;ve already lost it, how will you ever be able to take care
+        of a child?
+      </LargeCardText>
+      <AuthInputBox
+        label="Your passphrase"
+        value={mnemonic}
+        onChange={setMnemonic}
+      />
+      {result.error ? (
+        <p className="mt-3 text-authentication-errorText">
+          {result.error.message}
+        </p>
+      ) : null}
+      <LargeCardButtons>
+        <Button theme="purple" onClick={() => execute(mnemonic)}>
+          Register
+        </Button>
+      </LargeCardButtons>
+    </LargeCard>
   );
 }
diff --git a/src/setup/config.ts b/src/setup/config.ts
index 36b63c2c..ffc57ffa 100644
--- a/src/setup/config.ts
+++ b/src/setup/config.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ interface Config {
   CORS_PROXY_URL: string;
   NORMAL_ROUTER: boolean;
   BACKEND_URL: string;
+  RECAPTCHA_SITE_KEY: string;
 }
 
 export interface RuntimeConfig {
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@ export interface RuntimeConfig {
   NORMAL_ROUTER: boolean;
   PROXY_URLS: string[];
   BACKEND_URL: string;
+  RECAPTCHA_SITE_KEY: string;
 }
 
 const env: Record<keyof Config, undefined | string> = {
@@ -28,6 +30,7 @@ const env: Record<keyof Config, undefined | string> = {
   CORS_PROXY_URL: import.meta.env.VITE_CORS_PROXY_URL,
   NORMAL_ROUTER: import.meta.env.VITE_NORMAL_ROUTER,
   BACKEND_URL: import.meta.env.VITE_BACKEND_URL,
+  RECAPTCHA_SITE_KEY: import.meta.env.VITE_RECAPTCHA_SITE_KEY,
 };
 
 // loads from different locations, in order: environment (VITE_{KEY}), window (public/config.js)
@@ -53,5 +56,6 @@ export function conf(): RuntimeConfig {
       .split(",")
       .map((v) => v.trim()),
     NORMAL_ROUTER: getKey("NORMAL_ROUTER", "false") === "true",
+    RECAPTCHA_SITE_KEY: getKey("RECAPTCHA_SITE_KEY"),
   };
 }
diff --git a/src/setup/index.css b/src/setup/index.css
index d656ae3e..cbf38334 100644
--- a/src/setup/index.css
+++ b/src/setup/index.css
@@ -210,3 +210,7 @@ input[type=range].styled-slider.slider-progress::-ms-fill-lower {
   /* For some reason the styles don't get applied without the width */
   width: 13px;
 }
+
+.grecaptcha-badge {
+  display: none !important;
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tailwind.config.js b/tailwind.config.js
index 883d49a3..8e79202b 100644
--- a/tailwind.config.js
+++ b/tailwind.config.js
@@ -120,9 +120,11 @@ module.exports = {
             // Passphrase
             authentication: {
               border: "#393954",
+              inputBg: "#171728",
               wordBackground: "#171728",
               copyText: "#58587A",
               copyTextHover: "#8888AA",
+              errorText: "#DB3D62",
             },
 
             // Settings page