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 Post #1
 3rd August 2009 Last edited by Doug52392; 3rd August 2009 at 12:56AM..
Dennab
May 2008
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recently ran a report about the Cars.gov website, the official "Cars for Clunkers" site that allows you to trade in your old car and get money to buy a new, fuel-efficient vehicle, has a very odd Terms of Service.

When you click on the button on the official site to submit a transaction, a warning box pops up that states the following:
“This application provides access to the DoT CARS system. When logged on to the CARS system, your computer is considered a Federal computer system and is the property of the US Government. Any or all uses of this system and all files may be intercepted, monitored, recorded, copied, audited, inspected, and disclosed to authorized CARS, DoT, and law enforcement personal, as well as authorized officials of other agencies, both domestic and foreign."
So basically, by clicking on "Continue", you've just made your personal computer, in your home, a Federal computer system, which would allow the government to spy on it!

Video:

One could only imagine the different uses for such a system (MPAA/RIAA, spying on you, etc)...

Also, if you want to see this for yourself, you can't, because cars.gov has been overloading and crashing ever since the program started last week.
 Post #2
 3rd August 2009
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September 2008
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they probably think if you have a crappy car that you are also too poor to buy music so you steal it...
 Post #3
 3rd August 2009
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That doesn't mean they can view your hard drive. That means they monitor what goes on when you use cars.gov
 Post #4
 3rd August 2009
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August 2005
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What the fuck?
Is this shit for real?
 Post #5
 3rd August 2009
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What the fuck?
Is this shit for real?
Wouldn't doubt it.

Bureaucrats
 Post #6
 3rd August 2009
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January 2009
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If they're able to view my harrdrive from my browser they earned it.
 Post #7
 3rd August 2009 Last edited by longears34; 3rd August 2009 at 12:56AM..
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That doesn't mean they can view your hard drive. That means they monitor what goes on when you use cars.gov
"uses of this system and all files"


conspiracy
 Post #8
 3rd August 2009
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Dennab
July 2008
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lulwut?
inb4 conspiricy. (bad spelling I know)
 Post #9
 3rd August 2009
Dennab
March 2008
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You have to be signed into it though, so just stop pirating shit when you login.
 Post #10
 3rd August 2009
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May 2008
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What if my hard drive is full of goatse?
 Post #11
 3rd August 2009
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Very Concerning but, I understand why they did it for the own governments protection.
 Post #12
 3rd August 2009
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Very Concerning but, I understand why they did it for the own governments protection.
How is it protecting the government?
 Post #13
 3rd August 2009
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February 2006
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"uses of this system and all files"


conspiracy
referring to

This application provides access to the DoT CARS system.
 Post #14
 3rd August 2009
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January 2007
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At least the government was nice enough to tell us ahead of time they were going to invade our privacy.
 Post #15
 3rd August 2009
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Edited:

The only reason he's at risk is because he's using IE.
 Post #16
 3rd August 2009
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referring to
Oh yeah, it's definitely worded weird there. The "property of the US Government" part doesn't help though.
 Post #17
 3rd August 2009
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thank god i won't own a car for a few years and i won't have to use this piece of junk.
 Post #18
 3rd August 2009
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I saw this on glenn beck.. crazy shit.
 Post #19
 3rd August 2009
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You guys really think they can view your harddrive?
 Post #20
 3rd August 2009 Last edited by PrismatexV6; 3rd August 2009 at 01:38AM..
Dennab
July 2009
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Glenn Beck was talking about this.
You have to be incredibly thick to believe that it's a scam.
 Post #21
 3rd August 2009
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When logged on to the CARS system
well you guys are freaking idiots, good job

yet again i'm actually offended at the slow dumb-witted people that roam around the internet


"take that human race!"
 Post #22
 3rd August 2009 Last edited by Gmod_Fan77; 3rd August 2009 at 01:12AM..
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This is probably just a way to see if you have stolen music.
 Post #23
 3rd August 2009
Dennab
July 2009
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Sounds sensible to me.
You don't believe the moon landings happened.
You have no credibility.
 Post #24
 3rd August 2009
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This is probably just a way to see if you have stolen music.
so guys how is it possible for this light doesn't exist without oxygen
 Post #25
 3rd August 2009 Last edited by ShukaidoX; 3rd August 2009 at 01:18AM..
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You don't believe the moon landings happened.
You have no credibility.
You don't believe there's anything wrong with underage homosexuality.
You have no credibility.

(User was banned for this post ("Homophobia." - ventilated))
 Post #26
 3rd August 2009
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At first I thought Beck had finally discovered something great, I was proud of him. Then he started ranting about the czars and how evil they are.

Edited:

Glenn Beck was talking about this.
You have to be incredibly thick to believe it.
The site operates as a .gov, it's clearly some kind of government site.
 Post #27
 3rd August 2009
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December 2007
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FUCK! I was just on that site a few days ago!
 Post #28
 3rd August 2009
Dennab
June 2008
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Aren't you only supposed to submit transactions as the car dealer?
 Post #29
 3rd August 2009 Last edited by Sigma-Lambda; 3rd August 2009 at 01:36AM..
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I saw this on glenn beck.. crazy shit.
lol u watch glenn beck

You don't believe there's anything wrong with underage homosexuality.
You have no credibility.
underage homosexuality isn't any worse than underage heterosexuality

The article is misleading. Your computer is only considered a federal computer when you are logged on to the system. Once you log out, they can't see you.
 Post #30
 3rd August 2009
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December 2007
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lol u watch glenn beck



underage homosexuality isn't any worse than underage heterosexuality

The article is misleading. Your computer is only considered a federal computer when you are logged on to the system. Once you log out, they can't see you.
SO I CAN CLOSE CP BEFORE I LOG ON? Phew!
 Post #31
 3rd August 2009
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Kinda scary still man. I'm not gonna do it.
 Post #32
 3rd August 2009
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I loled at the octopus part
 Post #33
 3rd August 2009
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Hax.
 Post #34
 3rd August 2009
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oh wow something relevant on faux news
 Post #35
 3rd August 2009
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Interesting fact, to enter your country (which involved getting that new form thing), I had to go on to a gov website that came up with that message.

Slightly worrying seeing as I live in the UK.
 Post #36
 3rd August 2009
Dennab
February 2006
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If I did this on my laptop, would my main computer still be "Personal", as in, not monitored?
 Post #37
 3rd August 2009
Dennab
July 2009
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You don't believe there's anything wrong with underage homosexuality.
You have no credibility.
Oh, so homosexuality is OK as long as you're 18?
 Post #38
 3rd August 2009
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Dennab
May 2005
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The article is misleading. Your computer is only considered a federal computer when you are logged on to the system. Once you log out, they can't see you.
Oh, so they can only spy on me when I'm logged in? Okay that makes it all better then.
 Post #39
 3rd August 2009
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August 2008
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The "Cash for Clunkers" ran out of money 4 days after it started. Really goes to show how well bureaucracy is working for us.
 Post #40
 3rd August 2009
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June 2006
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The "Cash for Clunkers" ran out of money 4 days after it started. Really goes to show how well bureaucracy is working for us.
Source?
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