system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
ELI5: How do e-signatures work? Couldn't anyone type anyone's name?

I see them on most job applications. A little text box that asks you to "sign your name" by typing in your full name, but couldn't literally anyone type it in? Why even have it in the first place if it has no credibility?
gpt
Sure, almost anyone could write down someone else's name.  Just like almost anyone can write down someone else's name on a paper contract.

But when you check the box saying that you are signing your name, and then you type in Barack Obama instead of Cody6781, you have little defense.  You can't plausibly claim you were just making a joke--you were clearly making an attempt to deceive, and therefore have probably committed some kind of crime.