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They can be erased or tampered with. Try signing a mortgage, or other notarized or apostille document with a pencil sometime - they won't accept it.
by jaggederest 9y ago
They can be erased or tampered with. Try signing a mortgage, or other notarized or apostille document with a pencil sometime - they won't accept it.
- mindslight 9y agoYeah that's the obvious point, but any written signature can be similarly tampered with. Which is why the notaries etc get involved for major transactions. Furthermore, it doesn't rise to being an ethical problem unless fraud actually occurs. And I'd be more concerned about the possibility of signatures being straightforwardly forged by a researcher ("here, let me help you write your name") regardless of a pen being used.
- Fomite 9y agoIf I were the IRB, I'd be more concerned about altering any check boxes on the form and the date.