People are increasingly placing content on social networks and data storage facilities hosted in cyberspace, or the "cloud". Internet users around the world have expressed concern about what happens to their data after their demise.
Some companies have attempted to tackle the questions that raises after a person's death. Facebook, as an example, allows users to "memorialise" an account. Also Google has recently launched a tool to determine data use after death. Users can choose to delete data after a set period of time, or pass it on to specific people.
"We hope that this new feature will enable you to plan your digital afterlife - in a way that protects your privacy and security - and make life easier for your loved ones after you're gone," Google recently said in a blogpost.
However, imagine if it caused a family rift and they all went to a probate lawyer to sort it out?
Imagine the scene:
"To Aunt Flossie, I leave my crap jokes;
to Cousin Jake I leave my 'Spotify Favourite Playlists';
to Uncle Steve, I leave all my Facebook photographs of food."
Then Uncle Steve says "But I wanted his "about me" description and hobby list... it's just that it's more interesting than my life, right now!"
Personally, I intend to donate all these blog posts, to a "Home for abandoned Grumpy Cats"
Some companies have attempted to tackle the questions that raises after a person's death. Facebook, as an example, allows users to "memorialise" an account. Also Google has recently launched a tool to determine data use after death. Users can choose to delete data after a set period of time, or pass it on to specific people.
"We hope that this new feature will enable you to plan your digital afterlife - in a way that protects your privacy and security - and make life easier for your loved ones after you're gone," Google recently said in a blogpost.
However, imagine if it caused a family rift and they all went to a probate lawyer to sort it out?
Imagine the scene:
"To Aunt Flossie, I leave my crap jokes;
to Cousin Jake I leave my 'Spotify Favourite Playlists';
to Uncle Steve, I leave all my Facebook photographs of food."
Then Uncle Steve says "But I wanted his "about me" description and hobby list... it's just that it's more interesting than my life, right now!"
Personally, I intend to donate all these blog posts, to a "Home for abandoned Grumpy Cats"
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