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  • [–] 12 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Largest market for fax machines...

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

    There are some things where fax still makes sense. Maybe I'm old, but I'm not a fan of "digital signatures" and "digital seals" for professional licenses. In cases where a document needs to be signed and/or sealed, I would much prefer a fax to a PDF with a "digital seal". But that's just me and I'm a weird dude.

    Edit: Turns out fax is insecure. Did not know this but it makes sense.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago

    Modern PDF signing creates a digital fingerprint showing the device it was used on, whose credentials were used, a timestamp, and even a location if location services are turned on.

    But yea, I guess all that just can't compete with the ironclad security of a fucking ink pen. Oh, sorry. A copy of an ink pen. So much more secure and traceable.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    There are some things where fax still makes sense

    Nope.

    Fax is insecure, you'd be better off signing w/o a "digital seal" or whatever and emailing it in. You can also print, sign, scan, and send, just like w/ a fax, but send as a PDF instead of insecurely over the telephone wires. I've done both digital signatures and scanned regular signatures, both work and are better than fax.

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