re signature pads

[Robyn Wagner <noise@cs.unm.edu>]

On Mon, 1 Mar 1999, Anonymous wrote:

> Does anyone have any information regarding the legality of those
> annoying signature pads used by CompUSA, Sears and a million other
> retail stores?  It seems to me that recording signatures and compiling
> a database of them is a major civil liberties violation.  Comments?

at officemax (or depot...i forget), I just take the paper copy off of the
pad and sign it on the counter and then give it back to them.  viola, no
digital signature on file.  This generally annoys them, but they accept it
as valid anyway. =)

noise@cs.unm.edu