Swiss hospitals rely on fax to transmit Covid-19 data

Re:Swiss hospitals rely on fax to transmit Covid-19 data by aurizon on Saturday April 18, 2020 @06:48PM (#22911762)

Fax, being a handshaked and unshared network has hung on in many applications due to it's security. Hard copy at each end = filing pain in the ass. Also good for Japanese/Chinese writted ideograms

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Re:Swiss hospitals rely on fax to transmit Covid-19 data by mhdhn on Sunday April 19, 2020 @12:13AM (#22913462)

Except when it goes through fax-to-email?

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Re:Swiss hospitals rely on fax to transmit Covid-19 data by aurizon on Tuesday April 21, 2020 @12:08PM (#22936219)

Yes, then the intrinsic e-mail risk vectors come into play

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