[TomGuy]

[Corrected Edit]

Warning!

If you sign on to Cars.gov, the Government says it owns YOUR HOME COMPUTER and everything in it.

[per Beck]

[mware]

Those of you on the west coast it will be on the first segment of his show.

[Anitius Severinus Boethius]

Screen shot?

[SwinneySwitch]

Big Brother is watching.

[Leisler]

From todays Jerry Pournelle, Chaos Manor In Perspective...

"I found that list by Googling [ cash for clunkers qualifying cars ] which took me to www.cashforclunkersfacts.com/qualifying-cars. That ended me up with a list, but also a four page URL. When I tried to visit this site again I got a message that the site was banned and may have infected me. That sent me off to Norton to scan my system in a bit of a panic. I've never seen a many-page URL (most of it consisted of numbers like 23467,26743,etc.) I'm not really worried that going to that URL actually compromised Firefox -- OneCare is still active and I've heard nothing -- but I am wondering what happened to make the site "banned" in the last half hour. Incidentally, it's banned on Internet Explorer as well as Firefox if that matters. I suspect it's a matter of overload from people trying to get in on the free money.."

[Brilliant]

Now Obama is nationalizing your computer.

[matthew fuller]

All your computers belong to us!

[jgilbert63]

Hopefully someone with some techno skills greater than mine will post the entire disclaimer. Not only does it give the US Government access to all the files on your computer, it gives access to law enforcement agencies, both foreign and domestic. Big brother is watching. I think it’s time for me to move to Venezuela and live in a less government intrusive society.

[ShadowAce]

[Sarah Barracuda]

Yep, just saw it on Glenn Beck’s show..how SCARY is that. You couldn’t pay me to go on that site. Not only does the Government want to control your health care, but your computers too. Don’t EVER go on that site unless you want the Government to control it

[stylecouncilor]

ping

[avacado]

When you take money from the mob, they don’t want it paid back, because they prefer to own you.

[RightOnTheLeftCoast]

How does one “sign on” to www.cars.gov? I don’t see a sign-up for that site.

[jackv]

Just saw it on Beck. This is unbelievable. This is supposedly legal???? People must be made aware of what is happening!!!

[freedomconservationist]

Part of the big power grab. 1984

[mad_as_he$$]

I do not see anything like that on car.gov. Are you sure it wasn't fueleconomy.gov?

[visualops]

Well, I didn’t see anything but then again I am running NoScript on Firefox. The DOT privacy policy listed at the site has not been updated since 2006.

[RightOnTheLeftCoast]

I found the following by clicking "Register" at ===== This notice is provided pursuant to the Privacy Act of 1974, 5 USC § 552a: This information is solicited under the authority of Public Law 111-32, 123 Stat. 1859. Furnishing the information is voluntary, but failure to provide all or part of the information may result in disapproval of your request for a credit on this purchase or lease transaction under the Cars Program. The principal purposes for collecting the information are to determine if purchase or lease transactions are eligible for credits under the CARS Program, to ensure proper disposal of trade-in vehicles, to prevent, identify and penalize fraud in connection with the Program, and to update an existing government database of Vehicle Identification Numbers. If you complete the optional survey, the survey information will be used to report to Congress on the Program. Other routine uses are published in the Federal Register at 65 F.R. 19476 (April 11, 2000), available at: www.dot.gov/privacy. Ensuring transaction security is a crucial requirement of NHTSA-CARS clients. Using industry-standard security techniques ensures that your personal and financial information remains confidential. NHTSA-CARS uses security technologies that include your personal customer number and password, government standard encryption, and hardened perimeter protections such as firewalls and intrusion detection systems. The combination of your customer number and password enables you to be uniquely identified to NHTSA-CARS transaction processing. It is your responsibility to keep your password secure. Compromising your password by sharing it with others can have negative consequences for the integrity of your transactions. You will also need to use a secure browser. Certain browsers have the ability to communicate securely by encrypting the information as it passes across the Internet. This method of communication is called Secure Socket Layer (SSL). NHTSA requires the use of a properly configured browser as a condition for connecting to NHTSA-CARS using SSL. Therefore, SSL must be enabled on your browser to establish a connection with NHTSA-CARS. Additionally, be aware that your transaction passes through multiple security mechanisms, any one of which can halt the transaction if suspicious activity coming from your computer is detected. To avoid this from happening, please keep your anti-virus software on your computer current. Your Internet Browser � How to Ensure That Your Session is Secure Once you've downloaded and installed your browser, here's how you can check for yourself that your Online Banking session is secure. As you browse through the resources available on the Internet, you'll notice that your browser's status bar changes with the Web page you have loaded. You should see a padlock graphic, either locked or unlocked, like this: Secure UnSecure Microsoft Internet Explorer N/A Mozilla Firefox ===== ...Clearly that's not what Beck is talking about. I'll keep looking.

[RightOnTheLeftCoast]

I’m just not finding a place to “sign on” as a consumer to cars.gov.

http://www.google.com/search?q=register,+site:cars.gov basically shows nothing but dealer signups.

[nomoremods]

I just saw Glenn demonstrate this and was flabbergasted. Thanks for the separate thread on this. This needs to get out to everyone.