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Could electronic mail undermine conventional post? – archive, 1 December 1983 (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] Daqu@feddit.de 8 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Electronic signatures exist. You can legally sign pdf. But it costs money.

[–] averyfalken@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 11 months ago

You cab for some documents. Some documents legally still require a wet signature

[–] Demdaru@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

In my country we have goverment-approved way of signing for free. It's essentialy a stamp with code in it pointing to database record containing data about the sign - date, document hash or whatever it's called etc.