• twoBrokenThumbs@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    Not really safer, they just work with the existing infrastructure. Personally, I think there’s still a place for fax, it’s essentially a convenient way to scan and transmit, and these days you can get them to your email or phone (not in healthcare because that’s not HIPAA compliant). Sure, not anybody’s first choice, but I think it’s still valid.

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      4 days ago

      It’s only convenient if you have access to a fax machine, which the majority of us don’t

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        4 days ago

        My comment was in context of existing business infrastructure. You’re right that most of us don’t have a fax machine, but many organizations still do and therefore it can be very convenient for B2B communication. And in the case of orgs that want faxes but you don’t have one, ifax is a thing as well.

        I’m not making an argument for faxes, I’m just saying for an outdated technology it’s stayed quite useful in the modern era.