The Fax Is Not Yet Obsolete
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The Fax Is Not Yet Obsolete
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#2Fax is not more secure than email.
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#3Fax is not more secure than email.
It is more secure as long as you regard PSTN as more secure than internet. Which is a view that has some merit.
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#4Purchasing departments still use fax also. Where I work, most purchase orders with established vendors are sent by fax.
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#5I noticed real estate also heavily relies on it. Everything still seems to be done with paper and fax.
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#6My company deals with medical professionals and we absolutely need to maintain a fax line. The IRS loves faxes, too.
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#7I noticed real estate also heavily relies on it. Everything still seems to be done with paper and fax.
Why not scan the paper to email?
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#8Fax is not more secure than email.
It is more secure as long as you regard PSTN as more secure than internet. Which is a view that has some merit.
> It is more secure as long as you regard PSTN as more secure than internet. Which is a view that has some merit.
Not as long as you can send faxes from the Internet.
FaxZero even allows you to put in the phone number the fax comes from. It's $1.99/fax to remove the FaxZero cover letter, and they accept PayPal.
(Also, someone with the username iptel might know a bit about this.)
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#9I noticed real estate also heavily relies on it. Everything still seems to be done with paper and fax.
I was somewhat amazed that my bank was fine with me using my phone to take pictures of signed forms and uploading them the images for my mortgage refinance.