OT: utility account transfer frauds

[David Howe]

> > Because it is "impossible" to forge a digital signature you will be
> > responsible for anything that is signed this way.
> Ouch.... that's _really_ going to hurt someone sometime then... one is
> wondering what muppet told them that ?   Are you allowed to act as
your own
> expert witness in court ?
I am just waiting for this to fail, and fail badly in court. the obvious
defense is to prove (by example) that two documents, with different
content, can have the same digital signature - something the birthday
attack is ideal for.  This of course leaves aside the problems of key
theft and security generally.