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On Fri, 1 Apr 2011 16:45:56 +0100 (BST) Gordon Henderson wrote: > > (and apologies to the few who may have seen me ranting about this > elsewhere!) > > > I've just had to get a "signed" document to a supplier of Internet > products... First they wanted me to FAX it, then scan it - posessing > neither of these, I printed it and signed it, took a photo and > emailled it to them... > > However, the also presented me with a system I'd not seen before - a > link to a page on echosign.com. They had (presumably) uploaded the > document sent me a link, and when I went to it, I got a page with the > document on, and a place to "sign". Clicking in the box, I started to > type my name in - it produced a cursive rendition of what I typed > into their signature panel... Which of-course looks nothing like my > signature... > > The world's gone mad. > > Gordon Presumably they'd have some clause along the lines of "by typing your name into this box you are demonstrating that you agree to the terms, etc, etc, etc". Grant. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq