{
  "slug": "remote-notarization-deepfakes",
  "title": "The notary is watching a video. That is the whole control.",
  "summary": "Remote online notarization moved identity checking onto a video call. Video is no longer evidence of presence. Here is the control that replaces the notary's eyes.",
  "lede": "Remote online notarization took the oldest identity check in commerce, a human looking at another human, and moved it onto a video call. The video is no longer evidence that anybody was there. The industry's answer has been to add deepfake detection to the stream, which asks the notary to win a contest the tools themselves admit they often lose.",
  "date": "2026-09-16",
  "reading_time": "17 min read",
  "category": "Regulated",
  "tags": [
    "remote online notarization",
    "RON",
    "deepfake",
    "notary",
    "identity verification",
    "title fraud",
    "deed fraud"
  ],
  "image": "https://cdn.twc.sh/images/igcache/Remote%20Online%20Notarization/1200_630/blog.jpg",
  "url": "/blog/remote-notarization-deepfakes.html",
  "wordcount": 4743,
  "related": [
    "deed-fraud-owner-key",
    "kyc-injection-attacks",
    "esignature-proves-the-mailbox"
  ],
  "schema": "Article"
}