• yeehaw@lemmy.ca
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    7 days ago

    In Canada I think fax machines are still prevalent. Let’s get rid of those insecure devices too.

    • corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca
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      7 days ago

      It’s privacy regs. Fax machines are as insecure as ever, and that’s the point: it doesn’t get worse while ciphers retire constantly. So while this years it’s SHAx that dies, fucking fax machines’ threat is statically bad.

      Reliably bad is reliable, I guess.

      I say this while having been one of those people who got a raft of fax spam from a clinic who flubbed the numbers.

      • prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works
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        7 days ago

        Threats understood are more easily mitigated.

        Also sometimes things like fax are used because of the laws protecting those wires