On 07/26/2017 03:14 PM, Carlos E. R. wrote:
It /was/ somewhat safer, an interceptor needed access to the cable - unless they were government or judiciary with access to the phone exchange.
Access is often not difficult. There are many commercial buildings where the terminal blocks are outside. All it takes to intercept a FAX is a computer with sound card and appropriate software.
But fax had some legal support. It was a recognized method of sending a signed paper, but not email with scanned file of the same paper.
Yep, scanning and sending over an unprotected phone line makes it more secure. ;-)
The other day I cancelled a phone contract. I prepared a signed PDF (Libre Office can do those now!), and they told me to just post a photo (jpg) of it in the official support forum. And it was accepted.
I guess they've never heard of image manipulation software. One thing I did many years ago, when I first got a FAX modem, was I wrote my signature several times on a piece of paper and faxed it home. I then copied a signature from it and pasted it into my word processor (Describe at that time) to "sign" the document, which was then faxed somewhere. I recently had an argument with a friend about this. He does a lot of work in doctor's offices and said they need fax for sending confidential information. He's generally a fairly sharp guy, but couldn't accept, with my several years experience in the telecom industry, that I might know a thing or two about how insecure phone lines and faxes are. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org