Consumption and Real Estate
Why does the CARS system consider your computer property of the United States Government?
Question : Why does the CARS system consider your computer property of the United States Government?
https://supplierpayments.esc.gov/OA_HTML/RF.jsp?function_id=28716&resp_id=-1&resp_appl_id=-1&security_group_id=0〈_code=US¶ms=1QjBbvK328ZbUaSUNj3kbu7K3gvpagsk17LptZc1LOg
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 United States Government. It is for authorized use only. Users (authorized or unauthorized) have no explicit or implicit expectation of privacy.
Any or all uses of this system and all files on this system may be intercepted, monitored, recorded, copied, audited, inspected, and disclosed to authorized CARS, DoT, and law enforcement personnel, as well as authorized officials of other agencies, both domestic and foreign. By using this system, the user consents to such interception, monitoring, recording, copying, auditing, inspection, and disclosure at the discretion CARS or the DoT personnel.
Unauthorized or improper use of this system may result in administrative disciplinary action and civil and criminal penalties.
Unauthorized attempts to defeat or circumvent security features, to use the system for other than intended purposes, to deny service to authorized users, to access, obtain, alter, damage, or destroy information, or otherwise to interfere with the system or its operation are prohibited. Evidence of such acts may be disclosed to law enforcement authorities and result in criminal prosecution under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986 (Public Law 99-474) and the National Information Infrastructure Protection Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-294), (18 U.S.C. 1030), or other applicable criminal laws.
tonalc2, so its ok to subject dealers to this but not consumers? “ok to do it them as long as its not me”
property inspection services
Best answer:
Answer by cancun1313
Just the beginning
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#3 written by tonalc2 1 year ago
1. If you are a consumer visiting cars.gov (the “cash for clunkers” website) the Federal government cannot take control over your computer, nor will it ask permission to do so.
2. The “Terms of Use” statement to which Beck refers is not from cars.gov. Rather it is a login page for dealer transactions located at esc.gov.
3. The only people who can get login credentials for the esc.gov site are dealers who have been screened and registered for the “cash for clunkers” program.
4. To summarize: the page in question isn’t on cars.gov and can only be used by dealers who have already registered.
Consumers won’t be impacted by any of this.
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Yes, only dealers may access this part of the website. However, dealers still maintain information on people who bought cars from them such as:
Credit history
Bank Account information
SSN
Personal references (along with their home addresses and phone numbers)
Pretty much anything someone would need to commit identity theft. The information will be available no matter if you participated in the program or not, if you bought a car from a dealer that is participating in the program your information is now property of the government and may be used and shared with domestic and foreign agencies.
I predict this will be a problem.
BTW, tonalc2′s source is the Daily Kos. Which ignores the facts I just pointed out. lol