On 19/09/2020 04.32, nospam wrote:
In article , VanguardLH
wrote:

Faxing is even less secure than e-mail:

more secure because it's point to point.

(1) the transmission is NOT
encrypted, but sent in the clear, so anyone intercepting the
transmission can read it;

same for email.

We were comparing to encrypted email.


however, unlike fax, a *lot* of people can potentially see email.

email accounts can also be hacked, or worse, the email provider itself
is compromised, such as yahoo.

fax is point to point and doesn't traverse multiple servers nor does
anything remain anywhere in the cloud. unless you dial the wrong
number, only the recipient can see it.

The phone line can be connected to at any point in the route, and the
Telco exchanges can do a virtual connection (which is what government
agencies or the police do). The digital stream can then be stored as a file.



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Cheers, Carlos.