I don't see a good alternative, though. At least a fax doesn't sit on an unknown number of other people's servers on the way from my computer to its destination.
No, but a fax does usually end up sitting in a big pile of faxed printouts at whatever company's fax machine where most employees can flip through them if they are so inclined.
There may be no good alternative, but don't kid yourself into a false sense of security over any method of information transfer. Even physically handing paperwork to a human agent can be prone to shenanigans if we want to get the paranoia hats out.
Re: A rant on the side:
Date: 2009-01-15 10:17 pm (UTC)Re: A rant on the side:
Date: 2009-01-16 12:19 am (UTC)There may be no good alternative, but don't kid yourself into a false sense of security over any method of information transfer. Even physically handing paperwork to a human agent can be prone to shenanigans if we want to get the paranoia hats out.