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Re:Facebook ruling: German court grants parents rights to de... by optimuspaul on Thursday July 12, 2018 @10:25AM (#17514895)
Do they really? I don't think the dead have any expectations at all let alone the expectation of privacy. But also, she was a minor and therefore no real privacy rights with respect to her parents.
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Re:Facebook ruling: German court grants parents rights to de... by lostlogin on Thursday July 12, 2018 @10:45AM (#17515108)
Why are they buried with clothes on, often in a literal black box? Their possessions are generally controlled by an executor, privately. The dead expect, again literally, their will to be followed.
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Re:Facebook ruling: German court grants parents rights to de... by JoeAltmaier on Thursday July 12, 2018 @10:47AM (#17515127)
Of course the dead expect nothing. But the living expect that their wills will be respected after they are gone. To preserve confidence, we must (make a show of) respect the dead.
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Re:Facebook ruling: German court grants parents rights to de... by stef25 on Thursday July 12, 2018 @04:32PM (#17518361)
One would hope that whatever we leave behind when we die gets treated with some dignity.
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