On Tue, Apr 7, 2026 at 5:54 AM CAREY SCHUG via Talk <talk@lists.gtalug.org> wrote: I'm guessing "faxing is a thing" because some law requires it and has not
been updated.
More likely internal policy than law.
1. you can likely go to your local public library and fax documents for free (i have done this). You may be able to do this from home, but that will require a library card, I am sure.
2. there are online services: [...]
These services have always been around. But putting aside all of the security(*) and "don't want my personal communications with the government known by anyone else, let alone sold to data brokers or scraped by AI " issues, calling attention to them misses the main point of my message: Desktop Linux continues to make strides in its catching up to Windows functionality, especially regarding support for uncommon-but-necessary hardware and workflows. Some of this is because of improving Linux driver support. Some is because of consolidation around standard protocols, so fewer (or no) specialized drivers are needed at all. But the end result is the same; as time passes there are ever-fewer complaints about "only Windows can do *this*" - Evan (*) Yes, I know, fax is an inherently insecure, unencrypted way to transmit anything. But inserting third parties into the path to forward my data just makes it way worse,