digital death
The Difficulties of Managing Online Estates
As more of our information and lifestyle moves online, a new problem is being created. Traditionally, when a person died, their assets were easily delivered to their next of kin, but in the aftermath of the storage revolution, bequeathing such assets is becoming increasingly difficult. The deceased often have scores of online accounts, each of which contains a portion of their information and possessions. Policy makers and designers of online services need to rapidly address this change so that digital estates can easily and efficiently be handed off to executors following a death.
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