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From: rjd@security.UUCP (Robert DeBenedictis)
Newsgroups: net.misc
Subject: Real-World Signatures
Message-ID: <628@security.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 11-Jan-84 10:21:44 EST
Article-I.D.: security.628
Posted: Wed Jan 11 10:21:44 1984
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Organization: MITRE Corp., Bedford MA
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How inviolate is one's signature?
I mean:  Can you wake up one day and just start signing
         your name differently?

My last name (DeBenedictis) takes a significant amount of
time to sign.  About three months ago, I decided that I
didn't have to be burdened with a lengthy, time-consuming
signature for the rest of my life.  (I'm 21 now.)  SO, I
changed my signature.  Now, I only sign "DeBen." and I'm
wondering: Is someone gonna complain?  Has anyone else
done this.  In response to those who say that my signature
is "less secure" now:  I still sign the "DeBen." in the same
style as I would if I were going to add the "edictis" on the
end.  My signature is no less secure than that of someone with
a five-letter last name.

If I'm overlooking something ("WHAT!! you can't
change your signature!") let me know.

Disregarding Life, And All It's Conventions,
Robert DeBenedictis