Online legacy – Who decides? : Ethics involving online material for those who have past away Online legacy – Who decides?
Online Entities : Online Entities Websites maintained – Myspace/Facebook/Linked in/Twitter/etc
Email accounts – gmail/yahoo/hotmail/etc
Financial accounts access
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Online Tributes : Online Tributes Tribute.com
Obitruaries pulled automatically
YouTube of events
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Who decides : Who decides In some cases the person prior to becoming deceased
In others where it is not specified – family internally struggles with what each other thinks is best to do
Emails – should they be read by loved ones?
Other sites request proof of deceased – death certificate
Facebook/Myspace become memorial sites – who allows or disallows postings?
Legacy Locker : Legacy Locker Companies now in business to provide a service to keep all your passwords and information to be willed to another person of your choosing.
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Vital Lock : Vital Lock Free online safety deposit box to house your account data and video, image, text, account link (VITAL).
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Death Switch : Death Switch Website designed to allow you to set up messages which may or may not include passwords then it will send you an email which you have to respond to every three months and enter in a password. If you do not it sends a couple more notices and with still no response it determines you are dead or critically disabled and sends these messages you established.
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What ramifications could this have? : What ramifications could this have? Degregation of character of those pasted.
Internal family feuds over how best to represent them online.
Discovery of secrets long kept and now with no explanation.
Financial problems for those spouses unaware of online activity or automatic payments
Other Options? : Other Options? Leave a letter of all your passwords in a security box – willed to the person you would like to manage and control these online entities.
Tell a family member your information and will them to be the keeper of your online identities.