MILLENNIALS BEWARE
As more and more schools stop teaching cursive reading and writing, this type of communication is becoming a lost art. Many years ago the illiterate signed their name with an X with witnesses to their signature. Today using a digital signature may be an easier way for you to sign your legal documents, but it is also a very easy way for someone to steal your signature, create a lot of debt in your name or steal your identity.
It would seem that the easiest way to protect yourself is to learn to read and write cursive English and do enough cursive writing so that a history is created. Then if someone questions whether or not you signed a document, a handwriting expert can help identify and verify your signature.