Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Blogger Mortis

What happens when you die? I don't mean what will become of your body and possessions, how many people will turn up to your funeral (probably nobody), or who will get all your money (what money?.

Every day you log in to dozens of websites, many with different logins, emails and passwords. You remember these details just because. There's no need to write down what you've known for years. Also, it's bad internet form to have a hard copy of your logins and passwords as it's a security risk. So when you die, how will anyone else be able to access your blog/myspace/facebook/MUD/Warcraft/ebay/lotto account to let everyone else know of your untimely demise?

Also, when you die does this mean someone else will go through your laptop(s)/computer(s) and trawl through all your private stuff? Think about it.

If someone has the answer, please feel free to post it in my comments.

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