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The problem with banning paper
Authored by: Tufty on Sunday, September 30 2012 @ 11:58 AM EDT
The court clark could easily change a paper document too.

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Linux powered squirrel.

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The problem with banning paper
Authored by: Wol on Sunday, September 30 2012 @ 12:03 PM EDT
Digital signing is perfectly safe, if done properly.

One New York law firm that I've heard of signs every document with a hash of the
previous document (or something like that). At the close of business they then
publish a legal notice of the current signing value in the local paper.

If the document chain doesn't tie up with the key in the paper, you know
something's amiss ...

Cheers,
Wol

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The problem with banning paper
Authored by: MadTom1999 on Sunday, September 30 2012 @ 12:18 PM EDT
paper signing is not safe. Its fairly easy to present someone with a modified
copy of something they thought they'd proofread several times and have them sign
something completely different legally but seemingly visually identical.
But in terms of reading it on-screen html works on phones too. Most PDF/Word
documents don't even work anywhere near as well on 22" screens. Try
comparing a couple of documents side by side on one sometime. Mind the
small-print.

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