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by Thriptic 2958 days ago
It's because tech has a long tail. You have to remember that there are people who still aren't online, who are technologically illiterate, who don't use email or secure messaging etc. A lot of regulated companies (especially health care entities) are MANDATED to send and receive stuff insecurely so they can make sure that Jane Doe grandma in rural Wyoming actually gets the correspondence.