29 May 2008
Why Do We Accept Signatures by Fax?

Ya know, I've always wondered about this, and now Mr. Schneier sets the record straight.

Aren't fax signatures the weirdest thing? It's trivial to cut and paste -- with real scissors and glue -- anyone's signature onto a document so that it'll look real when faxed. There is so little security in fax signatures that it's mind-boggling that anyone accepts them.

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