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> And then we have what Google is offering: > From the screenshots, I think it is only a fake wet signature. I'm not sure how valid that is Welcome to 2023! I

> And then we have what Google is offering: > From the screenshots, I think it is only a fake wet signature. I'm not sure how valid that is Welcome to 2023! I've bought a house, incorporated a company, signed a work contract and contracted a lawyer just based on Adobe mobile wet signatures on PDFs.

haldujai 3y ago
Same here. I don't think I've signed anything by hand other than a restaurant bill or the occasional time I'm handed a document in person within the last 8 years or so. Adding to your list, even government documents as well as those related to my medical practice and licensing/registration stating "electronic signatures are not accepted" have taken the wet signature from Apple. Presumably this is all valid?
dudus 3y ago
2023? All my signatures at least in the last decade were fake wet signatures. All leasing docs, employment docs, and banks... I use the Preview App that comes standard on OSX. You scan a signature on a piece of paper with your webcam. Then you can just "paste it" anywhere, I even give it a dark blue shade. I had a single person give me shit and say they needed "ink on paper" insisting me to print/sign/scan. I just ran the PDF file through a website that makes it look like it was scanned with some imperfections and tilt. I wouldn't be able to tell it myself.
- kccqzy 3y ago
  > I just ran the PDF file through a website that makes it look like it was scanned with some imperfections and tilt. I don't trust any websites for that. Instead I display the document on the laptop monitor where the page has a white background but everything beyond the page is black. Then I use my phone's builtin scanner to "scan" my laptop screen.
- blitzar 3y ago
  I do the same - if anyone asks, I tell them it is a scanned copy. I honestly did look at conformed signatures etc with a desire to do things "properly". However, all too often it was a problem - so fake signature it is. I do one extra step and "print to pdf" so that signature and annotations (if I have typed in content on a form) are flattened in the final pdf.

haldujai 3y ago

Same here. I don't think I've signed anything by hand other than a restaurant bill or the occasional time I'm handed a document in person within the last 8 years or so. Adding to your list, even government documents as well as those related to my medical practice and licensing/registration stating "electronic signatures are not accepted" have taken the wet signature from Apple. Presumably this is all valid?

dudus 3y ago

2023? All my signatures at least in the last decade were fake wet signatures. All leasing docs, employment docs, and banks... I use the Preview App that comes standard on OSX. You scan a signature on a piece of paper with your webcam. Then you can just "paste it" anywhere, I even give it a dark blue shade. I had a single person give me shit and say they needed "ink on paper" insisting me to print/sign/scan. I just ran the PDF file through a website that makes it look like it was scanned with some imperfections and tilt. I wouldn't be able to tell it myself.

kccqzy 3y ago
> I just ran the PDF file through a website that makes it look like it was scanned with some imperfections and tilt. I don't trust any websites for that. Instead I display the document on the laptop monitor where the page has a white background but everything beyond the page is black. Then I use my phone's builtin scanner to "scan" my laptop screen.
blitzar 3y ago
I do the same - if anyone asks, I tell them it is a scanned copy. I honestly did look at conformed signatures etc with a desire to do things "properly". However, all too often it was a problem - so fake signature it is. I do one extra step and "print to pdf" so that signature and annotations (if I have typed in content on a form) are flattened in the final pdf.