Funny, back in the mid 1990s I created a fax intercept box product for the
security service of a European nation (If I had to guess, they were selling
it to or using it in North African nations). It had a high impedance input,
would listen to a POTS line, recognize fax, pull off a copy and display and
print. It would also record the conversations.
One day, Harris Broadcast (this was in Quincy, Illinois) had a team over at
my shop looking at something. We demo'd the fax spy box for them. I heard
that later that day a flash message was sent throughout Harris warning them
all about fax not being secure.
-----Original Message-----
From: Nate Burke via Af
Sent: Monday, October 06, 2014 8:11 AM
To: Animal Farm
Subject: [AFMUG] Efax and Security
So I'm asking the question before one of my customers asks it of me.
Faxing has always been a "secure" transport medium, someone could
intercept your fax only if they had a wiretap running on your phone
line. With Efax services where everything is done via Email (I use the
Voip Innovations Efax Service), are there more security concerns/risks
since everything is just emailed in the clear? We've always told
people, don't put your SS# or CC# in an email, but if they go to fax a
credit app or a payment authorization slip through the email to fax
service, isn't that the same thing? I know someone is going to bring
this up one day, and I want to make sure I have an answer ready to go
for them.
Nate
