3 ms·
I keep trying to get my dad to get rid of his landline. But he won't, because he sends faxes. "Here," I said, "try this." I showed him HelloFax. That was a no-
by memset 14y ago
I keep trying to get my dad to get rid of his landline. But he won't, because he sends faxes.
"Here," I said, "try this." I showed him HelloFax. That was a no-go, citing privacy concerns. How can he be sure they aren't stealing or saving his personal information? Even if their ToS says so, there's no way to know. And most faxes are for things like insurance, which have SSN's, etc.
"But you realize," I said, "that every fax you send nowadays is going to someone's email. Nobody is receiving physical faxes anymore." Sure, he said, but then he is no longer the one responsible.
He's savvy enough to read the news and read about awful terms of service changes, privacy breaches, and startups and services going out of business.
Plus, he reasons, what if you lose internet?
There's no substitute for a physical paper record. (What if the house burns down? Well, he has a scanned copy on his computer too. We could go on forever.)
And even if there was a substitute for a physical paper record, it is hard to give peace of mind to my old man about whether hard or soft copies are admissible in court. When are soft copies admissible in court anyway?
So unless some service (somehow) is able to give privacy peace of mind to my dad and address all of his issues... it is unlikely I would be able to convince him to move into this century with respect to his personal information, documents, and finances. What startup is solving that?
- boas 14y agoMany (most?) hospitals still use fax machines to get medical records from outside hospitals. There's not really a good alternative yet. Radiology studies are still mostly sent on CD or DVD. We're actually working on solving a small part of this problem -- see claripacs.com. Due to FDA and liability issues, we're going after the research and education market before tackling the clinical market.