Re:Facebook ruling: German court grants parents rights to de...
by akuji1993 on Thursday July 12, 2018 @10:13AM
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I know what you're trying to get at, but I really don't think any person works this way. It's not just about Facebook. If parents or relatives own everything I write in online form, I cannot write anything online if I don't want them to read it in case I die. I can also not write it down in a diary since they will own that too. So really the only way I can safely share my secrets is in speech to friends. Some people cannot meet with friends, I myself have friends I have never seen in real life. So should I just not talk about my secrets at all then? Possibly making my life worse because of it.
The anticipation of that right being fulfilled can inform your actions as a living person - you might, for example, have a long-term goal (while you're alive, obviously, dead people don't have goals) and set up a trust to accomplish that goal after you die. It can also inform you what may be or not be private after your death, so if you don't want family to read secrets you share with friends then don't put them on Facebook.