the one benefit i see is as a final “lock in your answer” function for any form you’re submitting.

And did they have to stop allowing written signatures because of AI scraping? Or is it just because they never looked legible at all?

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    Had my identity stolen. Thief bought a car with a loan they got online. Forged my signature at the dealer half a country away. I hired a lawyer because BofA are fucking criminals.

    Me: “This is clearly not my signature on this document. Doesn’t that mean anything?”

    Lawyer: “Nope. Not a thing.”

    WTF.

    Now anything asking for my signature is squiggles unrelated to the written language.

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        Went to court. Judge ruled in my favor. In the meantime I had contacted the Consumer Protection Bureau (US). Back when they had teeth and funding. BofA must have had a whole department that dealt with CPB because that shit got resolved quick. Took more than two months and around $1500 to get it cleaned up.

        My credit is locked at all three agencies now. Highly recommend everyone do it. The fact it isn’t locked by default is asenine.