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From Quills to Pixels:
Today, when you make a credit card purchase, sign a mortgage contract, or even a marriage license, your signature is likely to be electronic. Legislation allowing electronic signatures to formalize interstate or foreign transactions, or using the autopen to authenticate a law is leading us farther away from personalized marks, symbolized by John Hancock's famous and distinctive signature. Technology is changing how we sign our names. Will handwritten signatures someday become obsolete? |