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wonder how it would sign papers? I guess it could e-sign it? give someone power of attorney to sign papers on it's behalf?
by sharemywin 9y ago
wonder how it would sign papers?
I guess it could e-sign it?
give someone power of attorney to sign papers on it's behalf?
- leetcrew 9y agomy guess is that the handwritten signature is already on its way out of being relevant in modern society. in most cases it seems to serve more as a formality than a security measure. when I worked as a cashier, the majority of people would just do some squiggle and get the hell out of the store rather than any kind of consistent signature. in principle at least, public key crypto is way more effective than a signature, and I expect this will become prevalent in the next couple decades as laws and customs enter modernity. at this point it would be trivial for a digital entity to enter into a binding contract.
- Muromec 9y agoIt's not the form of signature that is important here. It's the act of signing itself. Legal entities do not sign anything, they give authority to some human to do it in their name.
- Muromec 9y agoYep it could e-sign. EU regulation 910/2014 had a concept of e-stamp in addition to e-sign. In Ukraine we fill taxes with e-sign and get a signed reciept back. Reciept e-signature however is not linked to any human and simply states "fiscal service. recieved" it is considered to be legally signed by a legal entity itself. Normally you would see some person signing on behalf of company with both person and legal entity listed in X509, but not with stamps.