What Happens To Your Online Presence When You Die?

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A firm of lawyers are recommending that people attach a list of their social media passwords to wills in order to make it easier for relatives to access them after the user dies. In this digital age when most people have some form of online presence the issue of what happens to accounts on the demise of the user is of growing significance. For all you bloggers out there (including myself) this article raises important albeit uncomfortable issues as few of us like to be reminded of our own mortality, (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2939685/Lawyers-urge-people-leave-social-media-details-including-Facebook-passwords-wills-alongside-family-heirlooms-savings-house-deeds.html).

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28 thoughts on “What Happens To Your Online Presence When You Die?”

  4. I actually have wondered about this since my husband is unlikely to contact anyone if I croak. In truth, I just don’t think it would occur to him, and even if it did, he wouldn’t know how. Since passwords and presence change all the time, I’ll probably skip the lawyer/will route. Instead, I’ll make a folder that I can update and stick it in a file cabinet for my daughter. Thanks for the thought. Incredibly useful.

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  5. As life is the only activity with a 100% death rate, it certainly makes sense to think about this stuff early. The only problem I can see is that passwords tend to change fairly regularly over a lifetime. What happens then? I’ve heard of apps that will store login info but I haven’t researched yet whether they are safe. If they are, maybe this could be an alternative, as long as you’re comfortable with whoever may get access to your computer when you shuffle off this mortal coil.

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  7. This is one of the reasons I like your blog Chris. I have thought over this issue before, without a slight idea of how to work it out in the future. Now here is the answer.

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