Comment on Anon is waiting for Japan

• gabelstapler@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Largest market for fax machines…

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  • Num10ck@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    and floppy discs

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    • Klear@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Not true. Their goverment stopped requiring floppy disks… *checks notes* …last year!

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      • Num10ck@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        im sure its still the biggest market.

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• prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  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”

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  • I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world ⁨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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  • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    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.

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    • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I don’t use fax… I was not aware that it was insecure but I guess that makes sense.

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• Burghler@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  On God.

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