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The Notary’s Stamp: Why the Law Still Trusts a Body in a Room More Than a Key in a Machine
In Jersey City, a woman can sit behind a desk with a ten-dollar embosser. She checks a driver's license, watches a name move across a page, signs her own name, and presses a raised circle into paper. The tool is cheap. The ceremony may take three minutes. Yet the result can travel through banks, registries, agencies, and courtrooms with a dignity that a far more sophisticated digital signature does not automatically possess. Strictly speaking, the squeeze does not defeat cryptography. Federal evidence law recognizes both lawfully acknowledged documents and properly certified electronic records or digitally identified copies as potentially self-authenticating.1 The difference is cultural and procedural. The notarial certificate arrives as a familiar legal form, already attached to a public officer's accountable act. A digital signature may provide strong evidence that data remained intact and that a particular private key generated a signature. It does not, by itself, prove who controlled the hand behind the key, what that person understood, or who else was standing in the room. […] -
The Notary’s Stamp: Why the Law Still Trusts a Body in a Room More Than a Key in a Machine
In Jersey City, a woman can sit behind a desk with a ten-dollar embosser. She checks a driver's license, watches a name move across a page, signs her own name, and presses a raised circle into paper. The tool is cheap. The ceremony may take three minutes. Yet the result can travel through banks, registries, agencies, and courtrooms with a dignity that a far more sophisticated digital signature does not automatically possess. Strictly speaking, the squeeze does not defeat cryptography. Federal evidence law recognizes both lawfully acknowledged documents and properly certified electronic records or digitally identified copies as potentially self-authenticating.1 The difference is cultural and procedural. The notarial certificate arrives as a familiar legal form, already attached to a public officer's accountable act. A digital signature may provide strong evidence that data remained intact and that a particular private key generated a signature. It does not, by itself, prove who controlled the hand behind the key, what that person understood, or who else was standing in the room. […] -
The Notary’s Stamp: Why the Law Still Trusts a Body in a Room More Than a Key in a Machine
In Jersey City, a woman can sit behind a desk with a ten-dollar embosser. She checks a driver's license, watches a name move across a page, signs her own name, and presses a raised circle into paper. The tool is cheap. The ceremony may take three minutes. Yet the result can travel through banks, registries, agencies, and courtrooms with a dignity that a far more sophisticated digital signature does not automatically possess. Strictly speaking, the squeeze does not defeat cryptography. Federal evidence law recognizes both lawfully acknowledged documents and properly certified electronic records or digitally identified copies as potentially self-authenticating.1 The difference is cultural and procedural. The notarial certificate arrives as a familiar legal form, already attached to a public officer's accountable act. A digital signature may provide strong evidence that data remained intact and that a particular private key generated a signature. It does not, by itself, prove who controlled the hand behind the key, what that person understood, or who else was standing in the room. […] -
DATE: August 28, 2026 at 12:13PM
SOURCE: SOCIALPSYCHOLOGY.ORGTITLE: Why People Share Their Location Data With Friends and Family
Source: PsyPost
People frequently track the real-time geographic movements of their close friends and family members through smartphone applications. A new survey of adults reveals that users most often share their whereabouts with romantic partners to manage practical logistics, while relying on the technology to monitor the physical safety of their parents and siblings. The findings were published in the Journal of Social and Personal Relationships.
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#psychology #counseling #socialwork #psychotherapy @psychotherapist @psychotherapists @psychology @socialpsych @socialwork @psychiatry #mentalhealth #psychiatry #healthcare #depression #psychotherapist #LocationSharing #FamilySafety #GPSTracking #SmartphonePrivacy #RelationshipsTech #ShareYourLocation #ParentalMonitoring #TrustAndTechnology #RealTimeLocation #SocialMediaTrends
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DATE: August 28, 2026 at 12:13PM
SOURCE: SOCIALPSYCHOLOGY.ORGTITLE: Why People Share Their Location Data With Friends and Family
Source: PsyPost
People frequently track the real-time geographic movements of their close friends and family members through smartphone applications. A new survey of adults reveals that users most often share their whereabouts with romantic partners to manage practical logistics, while relying on the technology to monitor the physical safety of their parents and siblings. The findings were published in the Journal of Social and Personal Relationships.
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Private, vetted email list for mental health professionals: https://www.clinicians-exchange.org
Unofficial Psychology Today Xitter to toot feed at Psych Today Unofficial Bot @PTUnofficialBot
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#psychology #counseling #socialwork #psychotherapy @psychotherapist @psychotherapists @psychology @socialpsych @socialwork @psychiatry #mentalhealth #psychiatry #healthcare #depression #psychotherapist #LocationSharing #FamilySafety #GPSTracking #SmartphonePrivacy #RelationshipsTech #ShareYourLocation #ParentalMonitoring #TrustAndTechnology #RealTimeLocation #SocialMediaTrends
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DATE: August 28, 2026 at 12:13PM
SOURCE: SOCIALPSYCHOLOGY.ORGTITLE: Why People Share Their Location Data With Friends and Family
Source: PsyPost
People frequently track the real-time geographic movements of their close friends and family members through smartphone applications. A new survey of adults reveals that users most often share their whereabouts with romantic partners to manage practical logistics, while relying on the technology to monitor the physical safety of their parents and siblings. The findings were published in the Journal of Social and Personal Relationships.
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Private, vetted email list for mental health professionals: https://www.clinicians-exchange.org
Unofficial Psychology Today Xitter to toot feed at Psych Today Unofficial Bot @PTUnofficialBot
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#psychology #counseling #socialwork #psychotherapy @psychotherapist @psychotherapists @psychology @socialpsych @socialwork @psychiatry #mentalhealth #psychiatry #healthcare #depression #psychotherapist #LocationSharing #FamilySafety #GPSTracking #SmartphonePrivacy #RelationshipsTech #ShareYourLocation #ParentalMonitoring #TrustAndTechnology #RealTimeLocation #SocialMediaTrends