Re:Apple Is Said to Be Working on an iPhone Even It Can’t Hack
by zeveb on Thursday February 25, 2016 @11:33AM
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That's pretty standard, though: once you no longer exist, all your private data, all your private money, all your private goods become part of your estate, to be disposed of by your executor according to your will.
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Re:Apple Is Said to Be Working on an iPhone Even It Can’t Hack
by fluxquanta on Thursday February 25, 2016 @11:45AM
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Things like money and personal physical property, sure, I understand that. But I feel like personal protected (encrypted) data should be treated differently. I'm thankful Google at least has options[0] available for their ecosystem, but I guess I'm going to need a will to cover the rest.
Re:Apple Is Said to Be Working on an iPhone Even It Can’t Hack
by djhn on Thursday February 25, 2016 @02:01PM
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Historical, pre-digital precedent:
In the case of sudden death, there would not have been any way to securely dispose of any private "data". So your private information, diaries, works you purposefully didn't publish, unfinished manuscripts you abandoned - everything was handed down to your estate, and more often than not used against your intent.
I'm not entirely clear whether your will could specify such disposal to be done, or could prohibit people from at least publishing these private notes and letters if not reading them, in any kind of binding and permanent way.