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luckily I haven't been working with such companies, I have had enough of my dose of Digitalisierung by interacting with public offices. But at least I can communicate with the Finanzamt via email, after signing a document where I made clear I understand that emails are not a safe communication tool (while random non-certified letters are, apparently).


> while random non-certified letters are, apparently

They kind of are. Somebody would have to go and steal the physical letter and then read/scan it to make any use of it. That excludes pretty much all attacks on the process --- at least such where criminals might hope to make a larger profit than most other criminal enterprises available to them.

Whether that makes the letters a good idea is a different discussion...


letters can be misplaced in the wrong mailbox, delivered to the wrong address etc etc. They put a lot of trust into the system.




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