The privacy policy for “Cash for Clunkers” site cars.gov requires you to agree that your computer, along with all the files on it, belong to the US Government for use as they see fit including sharing your personal information with anyone they want – “domestic and foreign.”
Barack Obama won’t release his long-form Birth Certificate or college records, but he sure doesn’t mind picking around in your personal documents. Now we know why Democrats found it so important to get $2 billion into this redistribution scheme as fast as possible this afternoon.
Glenn Beck exposed this information grab, an obscene intrusion into your personal privacy by the US Government, on his FOX News show this afternoon.
Just wait until they get your medical records.
UPDATE:
For the record, I do not think this is some kind of plot to steal everyone’s grocery lists and pictures of their kids. But I do think the warning means what it says, and that an administration that thinks it has a right to 50% of your earnings also believes it has a right to whatever information it says it does. “I won,” remember?
In other words, they’re probably not stealing your personal information and giving it to whomever they want “domestic and foreign,” but they sure as hell think they can if they want to.
I also think it’s another example of mismanagement and stupidity on the part of a sloppy and incompetent administration in a hurry to do whatever damage it can do before people realize what they’ve gotten themselves into.
UPDATE 2:
For those of you knee-jerk Obama supporters who were quick to defend this and/or label it a hoax, Beck says he has been contacted by someone in the Obama administration who admitted the problem and stated that the page has been taken down and will be reworded. Not sure how a rewording will actually solve the problem unless the intent and actions are also changed, but it was clearly not a “hoax.” Even the Socialist-in-Chief’s people found enough wrong with it to change it.
UPDATE 3:
Here’s a named government source confirming the language used, admitting it was a mistake to use that language, and saying it will be reworded. Perhaps that will be enough for those claiming it’s a “hoax?”
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This is a hoax to make us all look like nuts.
No one can claim to own your computer and all its contents.
Erase the damned cookie already.
They’ve got no problem declaring their rights to 50% of my income, but they’re above declaring my computer a federal computer while I use their site and picking through my documents. Yeah, that makes sense.
I listened to Becks piece on cars.gov.
He leads by explaining that the consumer goes to a dealership wanting to take advantage of the cars for clunkers program and the DEALER logs in to cars.gov to register the transaction, and then he explains the horrific invasion of privacy written in the terms and conditions section, and then he launches off into scaring the consumer into think the government has access to their PC.
Its classic Beck using bait and switch reporting.
The dealer is the only one with access to register a cash for clunkers deal because the fed has to be assured of VIN numbers and possible fraud, so the dealers PC becomes federal property while it is logged in.
I don’t agree with the entire program, it is a significant step in socializing the auto industry, but it is not the fed looking into personal computers.
There is reason to be angry, but its not invasion of privacy, its SOCIALISM!
Glenn Beck isn’t a car dealer, yet as an individual he was able to navigate to the screen where he was asked to accept the privacy policy giving the government full access and rights to his computer.
Look at what Beck claims is on the web site.
Note the question mark after “Property of Federal Govt”
Not likely on a real site.
Also, note the “DoT”. The real DOT uses all caps.
If it sounds too stupid to be true, there’s a good chance it’s not.
He said he got this story as a tip. Sounds like he’s been had.
Except for the part where I, and others, followed the steps Beck followed and got the same warning. While you could still get to the inaccessible site you and I paid $19 million for that doesn’t actually work, of course. Have you, or are you just an apologist for the man in DC?
Ok now that they got us to click allow, how can you get rid of the cookie they put on your computer does any genious know that? If you do thats what needs to be posted.