[TriLUG] Fax vs. .pdf - calling all IT gurus

[Keith Woodie]

Docusign and similar vendor products use public key cryptography to sign
the PDF.  These are legally binding and in my mind better than a fax, but I
am no judge.

Keith Woodie

On Tue, Dec 23, 2014 at 12:13 PM, MrB <brentrbrian at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Faxes have been upheld in a court of law over the years as an original
> document because it was believed that they could not be modified during
> transmission.
>
> Photoshop and the insecure transmission of data via email would probably
> represent a challenge to the courts for acceptance I don't know that you
> would ever be able to get all of the experts to agree that it was a
> completely un-alterable method of  exchanging documents.
>
> Brent R Brian on Samsung GS III Android Phone
> On Dec 23, 2014 11:21 AM, "M. R." <13miketele at bellsouth.net> wrote:
>
> > Special to IT savants:
> >
> > Is there security basis for preferring faxes to .pdfs attached to emails
> > as a method for putting documents (hand-signed or otherwise) into the
> hands
> > of agencies*?
> >
> > *Agencies: such as brokerage firms, banks, insurance companies,
> government
> > offices, etc.
> >
> > To my untutored mind faxes and .pdfs are both the output of a document
> > scan. The only difference is the mode of delivery. What have I missed and
> > how much effort is needed to get the system off its fax-fixation?
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Mike R.
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