Anthony Atkielski wrote: > ... > I've always wondered why signatures of ink on paper are > binding, whereas digital signatures are not, even though > digital signatures are literally billions or trillions of > times more difficult to forge. > > E-mail can be easily forged, but then again, so can a fax. > So what's so special about fax? I really don't know, maybe one of the armature lawyers will enlighten us. My perception is that it is derived from the physical paper evidence, and that forging email is so simple for Joe-sixpack that everyone knows not to trust it. Tony