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## Usage Scenario 1: A TST Included in Signed Documents {#use-one}

In support of legal assurances, a signed PDF document can be augmented with a trustworthy timestamp.
In support of legal assurances, a signed document can be augmented with a trustworthy timestamp.
In essence, a PDF signer wants to strengthen the assertion that a PDF was not signed before a certain point in time ("the signature cannot be older than").
To achieve this goal, the PDF signer acquires a TST from a TSA, includes it in the to-be-signed PDF that becomes the COSE payload and then signs it.
Using only its local clock instead, a PDF signer would be able to tamper with its clock and thereby falsify the recentness of the signing procedure.
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