Re: Drop the Copyright Assignment requirement for Emacs

[Philippe Vaucher]

> > Please, I said 3 times already that YOU JUST TYPE YOUR NAME ON YOUR
> > KEYBOARD, or attach an image. Yes, that's how I did in in Adobe Sign
> > (just typed "Philippe Vaucher" on my keyboard). The only thing it did
> > is the name was displayed using a hand-written font. Surely this
> > cannot be complicated to duplicate. I already said all this.
>
> OK, that is very convenient for the signer, but how can the recipient
> of such a signed document verify this signature? If it is taken at
> face value, I can’t see anything that prevents an adversary from
> typing your name and signing away some of your possessions.
>
> With hand-written signatures, the assumption is that your signature is
> sufficiently complex that another person cannot duplicate it in a way
> that a graphologist wouldn’t detect. With GPG, the assumption is that
> you control your private key and that it cannot be brute-forced in a
> realistic time frame.

As with hand-written signature, you are supposed to check the identify
of the signer prior to that.

Electronically, that means receive a private link through your
verified email that only you can access.

Philippe