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Post by bdavbdav » Sun, Jul 23, 2023, 7:35 PM UTC

noodlesUK wrote: post #68

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> It must be the full document plaintext and date signed with your private key and should be verifiable with your public key by a court before a claim is even approachable. This is called a notary public. Its a routine requirement with immigration documents. .They can also certify copies as true. In UK for sone reason it costs over £100, and noone uses them, but in eastern europe its common and notarising documents i…

The UK is weird about this. Generally speaking you wouldn’t actually want to use a notary public, which is (in the UK) a very old profession regulated by the Church of England. Most of the time, you will have a solicitor certify documents. This is much cheaper, and is what is usually used by large organisations who already have engagements with law firms. In Scotland, solicitors are able to get a special smart card t…

Post by edmundsauto » Sun, Jul 23, 2023, 8:18 PM UTC

flir wrote: post #126

Majromax wrote: post #122

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> Historically I tend to try something on with employment contracts too - I return an unsigned copy to the company That doesn't necessarily mean that you don't have a contract. Barring specific law regulating the form (such as often happens for property exchanges), the contract is sealed with acceptance. An act of acceptance can be overt such as via signature, but it can also be implied. By returning the contract as…

Was going to say the same thing - doing the work is implicit acceptance of the contract, signature be damned. Verbal contracts are legally binding, after all (although hard to prove). (IANAL).

Post by vlark » Sun, Jul 23, 2023, 8:51 PM UTC

throwawaymaths wrote: post #119

Our_Benefactors wrote: post #112

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Note: in many states, banks must provide notary services to the public. You do not have to be a bank customer. Banks will try to ask you to sign up for an account “so you can make an appointment with the notary”, but you can decline - insist that you just want a document notarized. They may give you the run around saying “the notary isn’t in today”, options here are ask them to tell you which branch you could visit w…

Most UPS stores in the US offer notary services and advertise that they do.

Post by dzhiurgis » Sun, Jul 23, 2023, 9:47 PM UTC

shortcake27 wrote: post #54

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A passport, or some other difficult-to-forge document, could be used right?

Only physically though. Many years ago, possessing the values on a passport constituted verification. This data was stored and after a significant number of leaks, this data alone was useless as it became public knowledge. The next step was requiring a photo of the document. The photos were stored, and after a significant number of leaks, the same thing happened. The next step was ID selfies. Then the same thing happ…

Post by LinAGKar » Sun, Jul 23, 2023, 9:58 PM UTC

ghaff wrote: post #57

shortcake27 wrote: post #54

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Only physically though. Many years ago, possessing the values on a passport constituted verification. This data was stored and after a significant number of leaks, this data alone was useless as it became public knowledge. The next step was requiring a photo of the document. The photos were stored, and after a significant number of leaks, the same thing happened. The next step was ID selfies. Then the same thing happ…

And then private keys will leak. Nothing's perfect. Requiring physical presence is a pain but it's probably tolerable for sufficiently high value transactions. Only works within the US. There's a related process with more hurdles for international.