Digital Signatures: A Sea Change For Insurers
Monday, September 11th, 2000 TechnologyParanoia is good, especially when it's widespread. If everyone were paranoid, no one would think you were paranoid. That’s what I started thinking about when I read the recent news that Congress approved, and President Bill Clinton signed, a bill giving digital signatures the same weight as physical ones. It's good news for business, and for all consumers. Now you truly can conduct business over the Internet, and be fairly confident that the person on the other end really is who he or she says they are. To be realistic, identifying people in the real world is based on trust more than on ink and paper. George Stephanopoulos autographed his book for me last year and when I showed it to my wife, all she saw was the letter "S" followed by a long wiggly line. Say who?
