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Fax machines. Government and medical offices would grind to a halt without them. That's just reality.
Because it can do something that the alternatives can't do or because they refuse to use something more modern?
"It can't be hacked"
Of course, it can, and a lot more easily than a TLS stream, but try convincing them of that. So, more like they refuse to use something more modern.
Everyone even tangentially related to healthcare is terrified of violating HIPAA in a way that leaves evidence that can be traced back to them. So the corps force dumb shit like this, while the employees are perfectly happy to tell all kinds of private health information to anyone who will listen. Especially if it's funny or gross.
Believe it or not, Canadian health services do this shit too.
I always thought email was more secure if it was encrypted. I also don't understand the difference between a virtual fax (sent as a scan, from the computer, via a phone number but literally just some kinda email like thing) or from a low tech low res scan over the phone line that likely is a voip line anyway. I don't even know the finer details of how those work, but the differences seem pretty minute to someone just staring at the parts.
Yes, email isn't actually less transparent. If you're using webmail over HTTPS it's harder for a small adversary to intercept, but that's it. Fax is way less efficient, though, while having no advantages I can think of.
Even worse, the US military, at least, is still using teletype machines and COBOL.
That's basically the answer to the opposite question: what is something that someone thinks isn't obsolete, but really is?
Came to say this. Fax just refuses to die.