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PowerWordChill@PowerWordChill
1Sem.
Why is there still so much paper?
Here in Austria, we can do almost everything digitally. 😫
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Lucas Lahr@EuroDepot
1Sem.
@PowerWordChill Hellooooooo, we're talking about Germany here 🪨...
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Metis@Metis
1Sem.
@PowerWordChill... Fax machines are still sometimes used by public authorities here...
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PowerWordChill@PowerWordChill
1Sem.
@Metis yes, BUT:
this is partly for safety reasons.

I used to work for a medical company where patient data was often sent by fax because the transmission is very secure.
In addition, the fax has developed further, for example, there are digital inboxes.

So there are good reasons to still use fax, especially as email is a rather insecure medium in comparison. 😘
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Metis@Metis
1Sem.
@PowerWordChill Let me put it this way, for patient data - okay. But why does the tax office still need fax machines?
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PowerWordChill@PowerWordChill
1Sem.
@Metis unfortunately I don't know either, but I suspect for the same reason. Financial data is also sensitive.
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Dividendenopi@Dividendenopi
6J
@Metis partly? When I look at my tax office, a telephone number and 4 fax numbers on the letterhead, but NO email address...🤷‍♂️🙈
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Dividendenopi@Dividendenopi
6J
@PowerWordChill we can also protect ourselves against data loss...
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Metis@Metis
6J
@Dividendenopi Or data protection into the previous millennium...
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FunFun@__FunFun__
5J
@Metis what does everyone here have against fax xD so I think it's great - it counts legally like a registered letter but doesn't cost as much and is immediate, for such things (government offices etc) it's really great
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Metis@Metis
4J
@__FunFun__ For modern people who do everything online, that's really old-fashioned. And for the two times a year when I have to deal with the authorities, I don't really want to need an extra device for communication. :D
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