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Eh, I was forced to have a notary do something and it ended up being an apparently 20 year old dude at a UPS store looking at some papers for a few seconds. Not
by colechristensen 3y ago
Eh, I was forced to have a notary do something and it ended up being an apparently 20 year old dude at a UPS store looking at some papers for a few seconds. Not exactly the high trust exercise it’s made out to be.
- hamandcheese 3y agoI suspect this could be improved by, say, installing the same biometric recognition machines they have use for border control at every post office/bank/etc. These machines could attest that you are present and signing something. They would still require some oversight, but one person could oversee many machines. I'm sure this is an unpopular idea on HN, but at least it's a way that our governments could use facial recognition/fingerprints/retina to reduce fraud.
- colechristensen 3y agoBanks actually do a lot of this already, without you necessarily knowing about it when you visit a branch.
- j-bos 3y agoIt doesn't have to be perfect trust. The benefit is having a third party involved under oath, with a known identity, purpose, and personal liability.