signature verification

Proving your identity

Signature verification is the process of confirming that a signature is authentic—that it was made by the person it purports to represent.

Banks verify signatures on checks against signature cards on file.

In computing, digital signature verification uses cryptographic methods to confirm a document hasn't been altered and originated from a claimed source.

The transaction was declined after signature verification failed.

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authentication method type

signature verificationfingerprint analysis

Identifying people by digit patterns

facial recognition · iris scanning · biometric authentication · voice recognition · two-factor authentication

verification vs. falsification

signature verificationsignature forgery

Faking someone's handwritten mark

counterfeiting · document fraud · forging · identity theft · fabrication

trust paradigm

signature verificationblind trust

Complete unquestioning confidence

rubber stamping

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