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[–] TheMauveAvenger@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

You can sign documents with the click of a mouse on a desktop. The validity of a digital signature comes from an authenticated account, time stamps, and an encrypted key; not your finger tracing on a touchscreen.

[–] Mistic@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Not every digital signature is legally binding, I'm afraid.

In my country, there are 3 types of it. A simple one (login/password), unqualified (encrypted series of numbers), and qualified (same as unqualified, but encrypted using certified means by government). The last two are stored on a physical drive.

The higher the grade, the more legal power the signature holds.

When signing it by hand from a tablet it's the same as signing it personally where I live. Which, unlike qualified digital signature, can be used for any document.

[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's actually something we need to get handled as a society. Unfortunately the justice system still runs on fax machines so we're basically not viable as a species.

[–] entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 year ago

On the government timescale, these devices blinked into existence 10 minutes ago. I'm just glad I can digitally submit my taxes

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Desktops aren't exactly portable.

A laptop is exactly the same as a desktop, just more portable.

[–] TheMauveAvenger@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

SkyeStarfell already said it more politely than I was going to, but you can also sign things from phones. The point was that it doesn't have to be a written signature so the tablet medium provides no benefit.