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   Message 733 of 3,261   
   hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com to Robert Heller   
   Re: Trains Magazine--"modern streetcar"    
   23 Jun 14 11:07:10   
   
   On Monday, June 23, 2014 11:24:04 AM UTC-4, Robert Heller wrote:   
      
      
   > I expect fax machines will (eventually) be replaced by   
   > scan-and-attach-to-email, although it might be an uphill battle in some   
   > cases. For *some* reason faxes are seen as 'secure' (?) and EMail as not   
   > 'secure' (probably true, although it can be made secure with PGP technology,   
   > along with DKIM and DMARC as well to deal with spoofing, which does exist).    
      
   I don't know how they think a fax line is secure.  From time to time someone   
   misdials our fax machine and we get confidential memos intended for someone   
   else.  (We try to call their office to report it, but their front-end phone   
   system only puts us on    
   hold.)   
      
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