Did you note that the example signature is a phallicism?
More of these in "Signature_example.pdf".
In my opinion, this is a bit childish. But on the other hand, the whole scan-and-sign procedure is also a bit childish if you ask me.
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#132I don't get the magical power of a signature at all. Everybody can write my name under a document. This project basically allows you to forge your own signature. Is it still legally binding? Do these rules even remember the original intent?
A signature has no magic power. It's very simple. If you sign your name on a document, you are stating that you agree with the document. It doesn't matter if you use a feather pen or this guy's script. If you sign someone else's name on a document, it's obvious that you are committing fraud by impersonating them. Again, the instrument used to sign has no bearing on that.
You seem to be of the opinion that since it is possible to forge a signature, it cannot be legally binding.
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#133In my organization we have a different problem. We heavily use signed pdf files for all our internal documents - if a document is not signed it's not valid (they are mainly signed with JSignPdf). A number of internal applications need such signed files in order to proceed with a workflow. Checking if a PDF file has been digitally signed, how many signatures are there and if the signatures are all valid is not an easy…
Cool project. Micro SaaS opportunity :D
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#134Mac’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 used that for some mortgage documents (pre-closing) that they could email me, but needed a 'wet' signature. I happened to be out of town so accessing a printer and scanner wasn't easy.
I used Preview for the longest time before they questioned 1 of the documents.
Re: Show HN: FalsiScan – Make it look like a PDF has been hand signed and scanned
#135Mac’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 used that for some mortgage documents (pre-closing) that they could email me, but needed a 'wet' signature. I happened to be out of town so accessing a printer and scanner wasn't easy. I used Preview for the longest time before they questioned 1 of the documents.
I only had issues so far when I accidentally didn’t convert the signed page back to an image.
Re: Show HN: FalsiScan – Make it look like a PDF has been hand signed and scanned
#136Interesting idea, but to me, the output just doesn't look like a scanned document.
Re: Show HN: FalsiScan – Make it look like a PDF has been hand signed and scanned
#137For bureaucratic reasons...
I feel that pain. When your only tool is bureaucracy everything looks like a nail. Or something like that.
I once had what I think was a document for a mortgage application refused because I'd printed it, signed it and took a photo on my phone to email back. Apparently it had to be done with a scanner and a camera was unacceptable.
I didn't have a scanner, so I chanced my arm, desaturated and thresholded the image then resubmitted it. I was thanked and it was accepted.
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#138Earlier quoted context omitted.
That doesn't work for the US, because any constraints on use are politically unpalatable. Any capability that the government creates thus turns into a security vulnerability to be exploited by business. For example, even just assigning everybody unique identifiers (social security number, drivers' license number) has allowed businesses to demand these identifiers to track customers in privately-held surveillance data…
SSNs are problematic because they are expected to be both public and confidential. In reality, they're public. The federal government refuses to issue actual public IDs, which would solve the problem nicely, for political reasons. They can't retract Social Security.
That is one reason they're problematic, but not the problem I described. Public IDs would make the problem I am describing worse, as even more businesses would unashamedly ask for them. People's feeling of "oh isn't that private" is one of the few things holding back everyday retail businesses from asking for them.
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#139Re: Show HN: FalsiScan – Make it look like a PDF has been hand signed and scanned
#140Earlier quoted context omitted.
Many people in the USA believe a "national ID" card is the work of actual Satan: https://countdown.org/en/entries/features/national-id-cards-... >These ID cards are, however, preparing the way. The more people get used to some new government regulation, restriction, or provision, the more they tolerate it and eventually just learn to live with it. What may at first seem unthinkable and raise howls of protest, later b…
I think "many" might be overselling it a bit relative to a population of ~330M.
Translation: Hi, I'm from New York or California, or maybe Seattle.