So what do we do when our documents aren’t printed on paper, but delivered electronically, as PDF files? To “ink” them in the conventional sense, we first have to print them, neutralizing the utility of the electronic document format. Ink is neutral, a third-party witness to the joining of hands. Placing pen on paper – or “inking” – is a key event in establishing enforceable agreements. A signature is commonly understood as a recognizable scrawl (or flourish, if you are so inclined) that indicates: ‘I (the signer) record my agreement to this document as it exists at the time of my signing.’
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The point – as you’ll soon see, if you make it all the way to the end – is that while the infrastructure may be there to enable digital signatures, there remains a LOT of work to be done on the implementation side – not to mention learning how to communicate with the user! The Good, the Bad and the UglyĪlmost everyone has a signature they use to sign every kind of agreement, from credit-card slips to contracts. It may also be a high-grade soporific, but I can’t help that… it’s not my fault that the subject is so LOADED with jargonalia. This article is intended to at least help begin the demystification process. Digital signatures are one of those ideas that seem so obvious and good… but almost no-one has ever used one, or could tell you the real difference between a digital signature, certificate, login or PIN number if they sat on it.
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