[vladvasiliu]

It's supposed to be identifying information here. Usually, you can just send copies of those documents, which means that if you're looking to impersonate someone, you can easily produce fakes. And since everyone and their grandmother asks for these, people don't bat an eye and send them.

The coup de grace of security in France is signatures, though. Now, since you can't produce a physical signature over the internet, they'll ask for your phone number and send you a text with a code. Once you've entered it on their web form, you've proved undoubtedly you are who you say you are.

[prmoustache]

Physical signature are as useless anyway. We could just mark an X and it would be exactly the same. It only proves that some anoynmous person had a pen and was not afraid to use it.

[hk__2]

You usually register a copy of your signature when you get an ID card or a bank account, so no it’s no like an X; you’d have to actually sign like the person you’re trying to impersonate.

[gus_massa]

Once I had a problem in the bank because in the registration card I had a small space (.5x3cm (1/4x1 inches?)), so my real signature was different.