Scanned hand signature vulnerability

Hi,
I have few scanned documents which have my hand signature in my laptop computer. I am afraid that if my laptop is stolen and goes to the wrong hands, these signatures can be used to fake my signature.
May someone with my scanned sigature exploit it for bad purpurses ? I mean, is a simple scanner resolution (like 300DPI) really enough to fake my signature ?
What is the maximum resolution which disables the ability to fake my signature ?
Is there any other solution you suggest (except encrypting my files, which I don't want to do because I am afraid that if I forget the password, the file would be no use) ?

Hand-written signatures are not really used for identifying a person, do they? Unless you're a known athlete or author or something like that they're pretty much meaningless.
And if you sign a document anyone with access to it can simply extract it from there (scan it, take a picture of it, etc.) and have a perfect (digital) copy of your signature, so there's no real way you can protect yourself from that.
If someone wants to sign in your name they can do it with or without a copy of your signature, so I wouldn't worry about it. That's not what's going to stop someone from faking your signature.

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