"TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's government has finally eliminated the use of floppy disks in all its systems, two decades since their heyday,Now they should get rid of fax machines as well...
reaching a long-awaited milestone in a campaign to modernise the
bureaucracy.
Intercepting a fax is more difficult, but not impossible. But the
skill it takes to intercept an email is generally beyond that of the
average criminal anyway; it's not REALLY a threat unless you are
facing off against state-actors or the payoff is in the hundreds of
millions of dollars range (in which case, you're not going to be
depending on just the security of a fax or email to seal the deal
anyway).
Some of the reluctance does seem to stem from paper secure, e-mail
insecure though. So recently my better half had to print a document
out, sign and scan it and then e-mail it back. What's the point in
that?
JAB <[email protected]> writes:
Some of the reluctance does seem to stem from paper secure, e-mail
insecure though. So recently my better half had to print a document
out, sign and scan it and then e-mail it back. What's the point in
that?
I actually got a cheapo printer/scanner/copier a few years back since
both me and my wife happened to have a need to do just that, dealing
with some bureaucracy.
I believe here in Finland it's because of laws that govern the public
sector and what they can accept and what the current interpretation of
those laws is. Companies aren't under such regulation and here often use digital signature services backed with strong authentication.
On 14/07/2024 21:14, Anssi Saari wrote:
JAB <[email protected]> writes:
Some of the reluctance does seem to stem from paper secure, e-mail
insecure though. So recently my better half had to print a document
out, sign and scan it and then e-mail it back. What's the point in
that?
I actually got a cheapo printer/scanner/copier a few years back since
both me and my wife happened to have a need to do just that, dealing
with some bureaucracy.
I believe here in Finland it's because of laws that govern the public
sector and what they can accept and what the current interpretation of
those laws is. Companies aren't under such regulation and here often use
digital signature services backed with strong authentication.
Personally I think a lot of it comes down to those that make the rules
just don't really understand how security is achieved. I remember going through an exchange with World of Tanks customer support to get a GDPR request processed. They insisted that I could only do that if I linked
my phone number. Trying to explain to them that if I control the
credentials that are used to link my mobile phone the it adds nothing to security somewhat fell on deaf ears.
On 14/07/2024 21:14, Anssi Saari wrote:
JAB <[email protected]> writes:
Some of the reluctance does seem to stem from paper secure, e-mail
insecure though. So recently my better half had to print a document
out, sign and scan it and then e-mail it back. What's the point in
that?
I actually got a cheapo printer/scanner/copier a few years back since
both me and my wife happened to have a need to do just that, dealing
with some bureaucracy.
I believe here in Finland it's because of laws that govern the public
sector and what they can accept and what the current interpretation of
those laws is. Companies aren't under such regulation and here often use
digital signature services backed with strong authentication.
Personally I think a lot of it comes down to those that make the rules
just don't really understand how security is achieved. I remember going through an exchange with World of Tanks customer support to get a GDPR request processed. They insisted that I could only do that if I linked
my phone number. Trying to explain to them that if I control the
credentials that are used to link my mobile phone the it adds nothing to security somewhat fell on deaf ears.
On 7/15/2024 6:29 AM, JAB wrote:
On 14/07/2024 21:14, Anssi Saari wrote:
JAB <[email protected]> writes:
Some of the reluctance does seem to stem from paper secure, e-mail
insecure though. So recently my better half had to print a document
out, sign and scan it and then e-mail it back. What's the point in
that?
I actually got a cheapo printer/scanner/copier a few years back since
both me and my wife happened to have a need to do just that, dealing
with some bureaucracy.
I believe here in Finland it's because of laws that govern the public
sector and what they can accept and what the current interpretation of
those laws is. Companies aren't under such regulation and here often use >>> digital signature services backed with strong authentication.
Personally I think a lot of it comes down to those that make the rules
just don't really understand how security is achieved. I remember
going through an exchange with World of Tanks customer support to get
a GDPR request processed. They insisted that I could only do that if I
linked my phone number. Trying to explain to them that if I control
the credentials that are used to link my mobile phone the it adds
nothing to security somewhat fell on deaf ears.
Probably because the linkage wasn't for security for you but for control
for them.
Personally I think a lot of it comes down to those that make the rules
just don't really understand how security is achieved. I remember
going through an exchange with World of Tanks customer support to get
a GDPR request processed. They insisted that I could only do that if I
linked my phone number. Trying to explain to them that if I control
the credentials that are used to link my mobile phone the it adds
nothing to security somewhat fell on deaf ears.
Probably because the linkage wasn't for security for you but for control
for them.
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