An e-signature can be as simple as a name typed into an electronic document, or it can be more complicated, effectuated through a cryptographic digital security mechanism.
The concept of signing a document remotely through electronic means is nothing new. Many jurisdictions have recognized the validity of faxed signatures since the 1980s. In some states, even telegraphic signatures – pounded out in Morse code – have been found legally valid, dating back as far as the mid-19th Century.
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