> Ah, but how can you tell from a bunch of pixels on the screen/a bunch > of bits in a PDF file whether they're the result of scanning in a > handwritten signature that shows from a signer giving his assent, or > whether they're the result of someone having fun with their graphics > tablet and Photoshop? > > The problem is that a forged signature does *not* record the assent of > the purported signer, and that you can't tell them apart if all you > have is a digital document that was supposedly scanned in from a piece > of paper. > > And if you can't tell whether a bunch of bits is a scanned-in > handwritten signature or not, you might as well not include that bunch > of bits in the file since it's not adding any semantics.
This is why I have always wondered how faxing a signed document was supposed to be a binding thing. > Cheers, > -- > Philip Newton <philip.new...@gmail.com> > > -- There is this special biologist word we use for 'stable'. It is 'dead'. -- Jack Cohen
