On May 9, 2012 6:59 PM, "Tod Hansmann" <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 5/9/2012 1:31 PM, Merrill Oveson wrote: > > Question: What about security? > > > > Faxes are good for credit card information. > > > > Does sending or receiving a fax via email present a security risk? > > > > > I'm going to go ahead and disagree here. How, exactly, does a fax mean > more security than an email for credit card info? I'm not very paranoid > about my credit card info, but I don't send it over fax OR email, and > prefer to give it over the phone to a verified agent of the company I'm > sending it to. (I make that sound fancy, but someone I'm reasonably > sure is supposed to be taking my CC info and treating it > appropriately). If I'm sending it via email or fax, I would presume > it's in the lobby behind the receptionist just waiting for anyone to > come pick it up, including the receptionist. > > I'm with Jonathan Duncan, faxes need to die. Anyone asking for a fax > should be told in the most serious tone possible: "If I can page you > right after it finishes, I will fax you. If you don't have a pager, you > need to leave its cousin out of our relationship so we can remain > friends in the current century."
I believe the legal system has historically given value to a fax as more binding than email due to the ability to have signatures and that little time stamp validating the date, time, and sender. Whether they should is debatable. /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
