[jeroenhd]

Signing PDFs digitally is kind of a pain, though. There are several different standards, compatible with different readers, and you need to pay up to get a trusted certificate or Adobe will stick a huge "THIS DOCUMENT WAS SIGNED BY AN UNKNOWN PARTY" banner across the screen when you open it. And then you need to opt into the services of a timestamp server to validate your signature or your document might be marked untrusted when your certificate expires.

It's a better technical solution but unfortunately it's not as simple as you'd hope it to be.

[buccal]

Yes it is not perfect. At least in Lithuania you can use government issued personal ID to sign PDFs that pass Adobe/Foxit checks of signature authenticity. Trusted timestamp is part of a valid signature as it allows to check validity of signee certificate at the time of signing.

Adobe says: Source of Trust obtained from European Union Trusted Lists (EUTL). This is a Qualified Electronic Signature according to EU Regulation 910/2014.

Foxit says: Source of Trust obtained from European Union Trusted Lists (EUTL). This is a Qualified Electronic Signature according to EU Regulation 910/2014.