Jean-François Blanchette
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- August 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780262017510
- eISBN:
- 9780262301565
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- The MIT Press
- DOI:
- 10.7551/mitpress/9780262017510.003.0006
- Subject:
- Information Science, Information Science
This chapter examines the experiences of three bureaucratic organizations as they struggle with the application of electronic signatures to real estate contracts, birth certificates, and land titles. ...
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This chapter examines the experiences of three bureaucratic organizations as they struggle with the application of electronic signatures to real estate contracts, birth certificates, and land titles. It suggests that the divergent routes in the computerization of these documents highlight the need to pay attention to the specific material conditions and institutional contexts that govern the production of written evidence. It also argues that the technical conditions necessary for the long-term legibility of electronic documents present a serious challenge to the forensic value of cryptographic signature verification.Less
This chapter examines the experiences of three bureaucratic organizations as they struggle with the application of electronic signatures to real estate contracts, birth certificates, and land titles. It suggests that the divergent routes in the computerization of these documents highlight the need to pay attention to the specific material conditions and institutional contexts that govern the production of written evidence. It also argues that the technical conditions necessary for the long-term legibility of electronic documents present a serious challenge to the forensic value of cryptographic signature verification.
