[TheForge] Criminal Background Check

[Jim Beard]

Speaking as a computer guy, and just a normal person in general,
digital signatures scare the hell out of me.  I like the illegible
scribble idea.  When I come to an understanding of terms of a
contract, and agree to it, I want to sign it.  Not sign some
electronic pad supposedly associated with the paper document they
handed me.  As a computer guy, I know they can slap that digital
signature on whatever the hell they feel like.  Hand me a paper saying
I am agreeing to terms on an appliance warranty, then slap it on a
power of attorney.  There is no assurance.  The same goes for
electronic voting, which is far scarier I guess...  May you live in
interesting times indeed!

Jim
Drain, OR

On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 5:49 PM, Bruce Freeman <freemab222 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Speaking of paranoia and drivers' licences, NJ went to this new photo
> ID system, requiring 2 or 3 forms of ID to renew a DL so Herr Furher
> (Bush) could have us all ID'd properly (never mind the terrorists -
> it's us he was rightly afraid of).  I was annoyed, but went along with
> it until they came to the digitized signature part.  The WOULD NOT
> assure me of privacy rights on that digital signature, so I did the
> same as I do at Home Depot - I signed with a scribbled signature.
> Damned if I'll turn over my signature to govt. records.
>
> Wrote to my state senator and asked about privacy vs these digitized
> signatures and got a reply from some panjandrum in the DMV, rambling
> on about this and that and ultimately telling me they could do
> anything they damned well pleased with my digitized signature.  Good
> thing they don't HAVE my real signature!
>
> On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 11:31 AM, GRAF <adveniam at att.net> wrote:
>> I'd share your paranoia, but they already have mine.
>> Eventually they want everyone's. Next will be for drivers licenses.
>>
>> Mike Graf
>>
>> wmullett at bright.net wrote:
>>> I volunteer at Zoar, Ohio which is a historical site run by the Ohio Historical Society.  They now require a criminal background check of all their volunteers.  I don't have a problem with that except the check mandates that you must submit your fingerprints.
>>>
>>> Why would anyone want to be put in that database where some "expert" might conclude that your prints match some partials they collected?
>>>
>>> Walt
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> The total lack of evidence is the surest sign that the conspiracy is working.
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