FalsiScan
Productivity
pdf signing
SHOW HN2020
How HN took it
9 positive, 40 neutral or asking, 4 mixed, 17 critical, out of 70 comments about the project. Thread score -0.06.
Idea: 4 for, 14 againstExecution: 2 for, 2 againstDesign: 1 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Useful for bureaucratic signature requirements
From 3 comments
Very nice, just wondering the security implications of having those nice PNGs stealed, someone can sign anything in your behalf... Adding some known pattern to the signature that…
pedro596 on HNFinancial department wanted me to turn in a signed document after lockdown. I have an HP 3 in 1 but it no longer prints. So I scanned my signature, extracted it with gimp, and…
forinti on HNI was thinking of doing something like this the day before yesterday! I love your implementation! Extremely useful. I actually wrote about the laborious effort to create a pseudo…
rolandog on HN
Clean output and nice implementation
From 2 comments
I was thinking of doing something like this the day before yesterday! I love your implementation! Extremely useful. I actually wrote about the laborious effort to create a pseudo…
rolandog on HNNice example signature
thatguyagain on HN
Objections
Output doesn't look like a real scan
From 1 comment
Interesting idea, but to me, the output just doesn't look like a scanned document.
MaxBarraclough on HN
Legal concerns about forged signatures
From 2 comments
I don't get the magical power of a signature at all. Everybody can write my name under a document. This project basically allows you to forge your own signature. Is it still…
turbinerneiter on HNLast time I had to do this was for a two page document which required a signature on the second page. Even though I thought it was silly, I did sign the second page in ink and…
globular-toast on HN
Wouldn't work for some official documents that require wet signatures
From 2 comments
Digital signatures also have legal status in the US. Until society catches up and uses cryptographic primitives provided by a national ID smart card (such that Estonia has) for…
toomuchtodo on HNImmigration documents often need to be hand signed and scanned. This looks cool and everything but not sure if I'd risk getting an immigration application rejected :p Will try on…
mkchoi212 on HN
Requests
Installation instructions for ImageMagick dependency
From 1 comment
The shell scripts depend on a "convert" cli command – that command doesn't exist on my machine, and I can't find any reference to it in the documentation, does anyone know where…
TehShrike on HN
UI for marking signature locations
From 1 comment
This is great, thanks for sharing! Does it support multipage pdf documents and doing multiple signatures per document? Related to this, perhaps a UI for marking all the spots…
pingec on HN
Support for multiple signatures per document
From 1 comment
This is great, thanks for sharing! Does it support multipage pdf documents and doing multiple signatures per document? Related to this, perhaps a UI for marking all the spots…
pingec on HN
Questions
Where does the convert command come from
From 1 comment
The shell scripts depend on a "convert" cli command – that command doesn't exist on my machine, and I can't find any reference to it in the documentation, does anyone know where…
TehShrike on HN
Does it work with Hanko stamp seals
From 1 comment
From this scripts, it looks like this doesn't convert to black and white, so this might work with Hanko (Japanese stamp seal) too?
awirth on HN
Alternatives named
Preview signature capture on Mac
From 1 comment
Mac’s pdf viewer Preview has a signature capture feature built in that’s pretty slick. I use it all the time and haven’t encountered an objection. Tbh I’d wonder why you need to…
mikehollinger on HN
DocuSign
From 1 comment
It's not a false signature, this kind of thing is standard practice for digitally signing documents. DocuSign even allows you to insert a computer-generated signature that looks…
lima on HN
Adobe Fill & Sign
From 1 comment
(HBO) Silicon Valley Reference: That looks like the Gavin Belson signature. This is kind of useful though, I was in shock and horror when I realized one PDF my Adobe Fill & Sign…
giancarlostoro on HN