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At 12:36 PM 3/27/98 -0500, Sam Sun wrote:
>Carl M. Ellison wrote:
>
>>An observation by Matt Blaze seems appropriate here:
>>
>>digital signatures are bound tightly to the signed document and only
>loosely
>>to the signer
>>
>>handwritten signatures are bound tightly to the signer and only loosely to
>>the signed document
>>
>>
>
>
>It seems fare to say that digital signature is more like using a personal
>stamp, versus writting a signature by hand. The stamp may be hard to
>reproduce, but nevertheless can be stolen or lended out from its owner.
>
>So, what is the legal binding of personal stamps in the real world? For
>example, the stamps that are used by the public notary.
I don't know the rules in this country. I remember paychecks "signed" with
rubber stamps a while ago but I've used EFT so long, I never see paychecks
any more.
Perhaps we should look to China where chops are still the recognized
signature form.
In fact, it might pay to start calling signature keys 'chops' -- to drive
the point home.
- Carl
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