What is a digital signature?

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What is a digital signature?

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Dec 30, 2013

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A digital signature is a way to authenticate electronic documents. Find out what 'authentic' means in this context -- and how encryption is involved in the authentication process -- in this episode. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

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Dec 30, 2013

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