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Re:The New York Times Is Now Available as a Tor Onion Service by acchow on Friday October 27, 2017 @02:06PM (#15570797)
Why do we think a lawyer would be less likely to be duped? If they are relying on physical paper and pen signatures...aren't those all incredibly easy to fake?
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Re:The New York Times Is Now Available as a Tor Onion Service by JumpCrisscross on Friday October 27, 2017 @05:21PM (#15572322)
> If they are relying on physical paper and pen signatures...aren't those all incredibly easy to fake?

Lawyers are good at verifying identities. It's a core part of their work. More critically, in-person fraud scales differently from electronic fraud.

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Re:The New York Times Is Now Available as a Tor Onion Service by frank_abagnale on Friday October 27, 2017 @06:35PM (#15572770)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Abagnale
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