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Re: Show HN: FalsiScan – Make it look like a PDF has been hand signed and scanned

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Post by SamBam »

kawsper wrote: post #54
mikehollinger wrote: post #9

Mac’s pdf viewer Preview has a signature capture feature built in that’s pretty slick. I use it all the time and haven’t encountered an objection. Tbh I’d wonder why you need to fuzz up and fake scan the image. If someone’s requiring that the doc be “signed in ink” or some such, more power to you!

I wonder if you can use "print to PDF" after the signature has been attached to the PDF.

This is what I do. However, my bank has occasionally rejected PDFs because all the signatures were identical, indicating the use of a digital stamp.

Re: Show HN: FalsiScan – Make it look like a PDF has been hand signed and scanned

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Post by recursive »

SkyPuncher wrote: post #48
jabroni_salad wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The act of marking the sig field shows your intent to bind to the contract. You can digitally sign but there are a couple extra steps to confirm the intent and identity that aren't hard but are just hard enough to make DocuSign a lot of money and leave everybody else to print/sign/scan their stuff.

The willingness or need to enforce seems to correlate with the measures a company requires you to take on signing. * TOS - a simple checkbox - or even just a "continue button" * Moderately large purchase - type your name * Larger purchase - draw your name * Major contract - use this widely recognized signature flow

It's like how you have to type a whole word into a box to delete a repo on github.

Re: Show HN: FalsiScan – Make it look like a PDF has been hand signed and scanned

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Post by SamBam »

mikehollinger wrote: post #9

Mac’s pdf viewer Preview has a signature capture feature built in that’s pretty slick. I use it all the time and haven’t encountered an objection. Tbh I’d wonder why you need to fuzz up and fake scan the image. If someone’s requiring that the doc be “signed in ink” or some such, more power to you!

I can't for the life of me understand why the only valid ways to save a signature image for Preview is (1) your computer's camera, and (2) scrawling on the touch pad.

I have a previously-scanned signature that I'd like to re-use. I'd love to simply import the file. Instead I have to print it out and then hold it in front of the camera, trying to get it aligned. It's madness. Is it supposed to be more secure for some reason?

Re: Show HN: FalsiScan – Make it look like a PDF has been hand signed and scanned

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Post by albertzeyer »

SamBam wrote: post #63
mikehollinger wrote: post #9

Mac’s pdf viewer Preview has a signature capture feature built in that’s pretty slick. I use it all the time and haven’t encountered an objection. Tbh I’d wonder why you need to fuzz up and fake scan the image. If someone’s requiring that the doc be “signed in ink” or some such, more power to you!

I can't for the life of me understand why the only valid ways to save a signature image for Preview is (1) your computer's camera, and (2) scrawling on the touch pad. I have a previously-scanned signature that I'd like to re-use. I'd love to simply import the file. Instead I have to print it out and then hold it in front of the camera, trying to get it aligned. It's madness. Is it supposed to be more secure for some…

Why do you need to print it? Is it so difficult to redo your signature? That shouldn't be so difficult for you...

Re: Show HN: FalsiScan – Make it look like a PDF has been hand signed and scanned

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Post by tecleandor »

bagacrap wrote: post #57
ceejayoz wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The USA doesn't have a national ID card.

Passport

Not everybody has a passport. A Passport costs more than a hundred dollars. Not everybody is eligible to a passport. For having a passport you need nationality, and you need to be able to have contracts with non national persons.

Re: Show HN: FalsiScan – Make it look like a PDF has been hand signed and scanned

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Post by SamBam »

albertzeyer wrote: post #64
SamBam wrote: post #63

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I can't for the life of me understand why the only valid ways to save a signature image for Preview is (1) your computer's camera, and (2) scrawling on the touch pad. I have a previously-scanned signature that I'd like to re-use. I'd love to simply import the file. Instead I have to print it out and then hold it in front of the camera, trying to get it aligned. It's madness. Is it supposed to be more secure for some…

Why do you need to print it? Is it so difficult to redo your signature? That shouldn't be so difficult for you...

Sometimes a printer is closer than a pen, unfortunately....

Re: Show HN: FalsiScan – Make it look like a PDF has been hand signed and scanned

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Post by ceejayoz »

bagacrap wrote: post #57
ceejayoz wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The USA doesn't have a national ID card.

Passport

https://blogs.voanews.com/all-about-america/2018/01/18/recor...

> That means 42 percent of Americans hold a passport, a growth of 15 percent since 2007. In 1990, only four percent of Americans had one.

Re: Show HN: FalsiScan – Make it look like a PDF has been hand signed and scanned

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Post by owl57 »

SamBam wrote: post #66
albertzeyer wrote: post #64

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why do you need to print it? Is it so difficult to redo your signature? That shouldn't be so difficult for you...

Sometimes a printer is closer than a pen, unfortunately....

And, importantly, its location is more predictable.

Re: Show HN: FalsiScan – Make it look like a PDF has been hand signed and scanned

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Post by ocdtrekkie »

recursive wrote: post #62
SkyPuncher wrote: post #48

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The willingness or need to enforce seems to correlate with the measures a company requires you to take on signing. * TOS - a simple checkbox - or even just a "continue button" * Moderately large purchase - type your name * Larger purchase - draw your name * Major contract - use this widely recognized signature flow

It's like how you have to type a whole word into a box to delete a repo on github.

That's really just a defense against deleting the wrong repo. If you're typing in the whole repo name, including the account it's under, you're very likely to know which repo you are deleting when you hit the button. (Consider the horror scenario where you both own an org repo and have a personal fork, and you mean to delete your personal fork but delete the main repo instead.)
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