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Signature Verification: How to Verify a Digital Signature Online

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Digital signatures, unlike electronic signatures, can be cryptographically proven. This enables recipients to be certain that a real cryptographic key signed the data in question. This is great for verifying that you or your organization digitally signed something. But how can you verify the signature is legitimate?

We’ll look at how digital signatures are verified in general, and then move into how to verify these signatures on specific platforms:

  • Adobe Acrobat for PDFs,
  • Microsoft Office for files,
  • Email clients (Apple Mail, Outlook, and Gmail),
  • Software applications (on Windows devices).

Let’s hash it out.

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