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The forging rationale is likely very outdated now. If I have a legal document where I need to be certain of its provenance after going out into the world, it i
by yourapostasy 12y ago
The forging rationale is likely very outdated now.
If I have a legal document where I need to be certain of its provenance after going out into the world, it is a digitally signed PDF.
If I print a paper check where the numbers need to be tamper-resistant against casual forging, I use a secure number font. I don't anticipate ever being in a position where my adversary in that use case is a determined, professional forger. I'd insist upon encrypted and/or insured electronic transactions, like through SWIFT or ACH, before I get to the point I'd be worried about professional forgers.
- kijin 12y agoSure, it's outdated now, but habits of accounting tend to die hard. In Chinese, some characters representing numbers are so trivially forgible by adding a stroke or two (1 = 一, 2 = 二, 3 = 三, 10 = 十, 1000 = 千) that accountants came up with complicated substitutes that cannot be altered to mean any other number (1 = 壹, 2 = 贰, 3 = 叁, 10 = 拾, 1000 = 仟). The substitutes are still widely used in legal and financial documents.
- tim333 12y agoAlso semi professional forging of paper documents still goes on. See Paul Ceglia vs Facebook for an entertaining example. eg http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/facebooks-mark-zuckerberg-to-testify-in-court-in-paul-ceglia-forgery-case-9623989.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/facebooks-ma...