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Re: PlayStation 3 predicts next US president
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ed Gerck)
Thu Dec 13 13:39:26 2007
Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2007 11:28:03 -0800
From: Ed Gerck <edgerck@nma.com>
To: cryptography@metzdowd.com
In-Reply-To: <475DB292.5060500@sound-by-design.com>
Allen wrote:
> William Allen Simpson wrote:
> [snip]
>
>> The whole point of a notary is to bind a document to a person. That the
>> person submitted two or more different documents at different times is
>> readily observable. After all, the notary has the document(s)!
>
> No, the notary does not have the documents *after* they are notarized,
> nor do they keep copies. Having been a notary I know this personally.
Thanks, Allen. Interestingly, digital signatures do provide what
notaries can't provide in this case. Even though a digital signature
binds a document to a key, there are known legal frameworks that can
be used to bind the key to a person.
Cheers,
Ed Gerck
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