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Re:Welp, there go my Git signatures by richardwhiuk on Tuesday October 24, 2017 @05:04PM (#15545246)
Not really. In both cases you are merely attesting as to who you are.
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Re:Welp, there go my Git signatures by cuckcuckspruce on Thursday October 26, 2017 @12:25PM (#15560328)
If you want to get pedantic, yes. However, the intent of what you are doing is, in my mind, much different.

Logging into a system expresses the intent to run something there - you want to perform some actions as a result of authenticating - it's an active process.

Signing a document is about authenticating the document - it's something passive.

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