You can do nearly anything over the internet now, including conducting important business. Major transactions and agreements are regularly made, and this has always had the problem of being official. After all, how can you sign a contract or terms of service with a real signature while still being assured of who is on the other end?
Sometimes the stakes are not as high, such as authorizing you are a certain age. But from time to time, something more thorough is necessary. For example, signing tax forms when working as a freelance contractor, or authorizing the regular payment of a debt. That is when you require an e-signature.
How does this process work? Here is a quick explanation, plus a couple of tools so you can do it yourself.
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