Document Signatures Debate

The cluster focuses on debates about the purpose, necessity, and effectiveness of signatures on documents, including their role in proving identity or consent and comparisons between handwritten and digital signing methods.

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Sample Comments

TazeTSchnitzel Jun 13, 2019 View on HN

They want a signature on paper in case you're not you.

lupire Mar 6, 2021 View on HN

What's wrong being able to sign a document?

dopp0 Dec 15, 2023 View on HN

It would be really helpful if you could make signatures (like signing contracts/etc).

JadeNB Nov 1, 2011 View on HN

Given how easy it is to sign it, does it matter?

_visgean Mar 31, 2024 View on HN

What do you mean? You dont sign anything?

pests May 18, 2024 View on HN

Why not just get it signed then? Your signing to agree to sign later?

marcodiego Jan 21, 2022 View on HN

By signed, it doesn't mean digitally signed, right?

angry_octet Nov 8, 2019 View on HN

Unfortunately that does not seem to be what they have done, i.e. no signatures involved.

IntronExon Mar 5, 2018 View on HN

I think a signature is less about proof of identity, than proof of consent.

pvg Mar 8, 2019 View on HN

I don't really understand how any of this makes signing ineffective.