That’s the reason we have to still use fax machines right?
I know there are ways to do encryption like PGP on your message directly or I think email sent over TLS? But that isn’t the default right and that’s why I can’t send a picture of my license to the insurance company directly over email?
“Harder to intercept” as in you have to go outside where the grass is to play around with the telephone wires, as opposed to typey-typey in your mom’s basement. Ain’t nobody got time for that
It’s the same though.
To intercept the email you need to be on a network that receives it (i.e. ISPs).
It being stored unencrypted is a totally different problem (and also for letters, faxes, etc.)