What happens when you die?

Posted by eureka on Saturday March 24, 2012 @10:30PM
from the self-post dept.

I've had this discussion with one friend and wanted to throw it out to see what your view or solution is regarding what to do with online property. Hence, what should be done with your FB account, blogs, twitter , etc. when you pass away. Should passwords be left to your loved ones in your will? Should notification of your death be sent to sites that you subcribe to. Is this a new untapped market that we need to supply service to?

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Re:What happens when you die? by dangrossman on Sunday March 25, 2012 @02:31AM (#3751891)

A list of almost 40 services that tackle this problem:

http://www.thedigitalbeyond.com/online-services-list/

Some of them are YC-funded companies.

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Re:What happens when you die? by eureka on Tuesday March 27, 2012 @10:53AM (#3761789)

It's great that there are services like this. It's especially interesting that some are YC. Thx for the link. Out of curiosity do you know of any stories of unfortunate circumstances from not handling one's online assets after death? How important do you think it is for people to aquire this service?

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Re:What happens when you die? by adrianwaj on Sunday March 25, 2012 @07:16AM (#3752312)

When I read the title, I thought this thread was going to be about what happens on the other side, not this one. Damn.

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Re:What happens when you die? by eureka on Wednesday March 28, 2012 @12:15PM (#3766941)

on it...

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Re:What happens when you die? by cd34 on Saturday March 24, 2012 @10:53PM (#3751556)

The other day someone wrote a deadman switch app that sent notifications to two emails. You had to click a url to keep it alive every 30 days. I can't find the reference and a few searches didn't come up with anything, but, perhaps someone else might remember the link.

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Re:What happens when you die? by cd34 on Sunday March 25, 2012 @04:14PM (#3753682)

http://www.deadmansswitch.net/

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Re:What happens when you die? by cpt1138 on Sunday March 25, 2012 @01:33AM (#3751828)

Some way that you would wipe browser history would be something I&bksp; ahem some might pay money for.

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Re:What happens when you die? by s_henry_paulson on Tuesday March 27, 2012 @06:48AM (#3760856)

Encrypting your hard drive is free.

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Re:What happens when you die? by paulhauggis on Sunday March 25, 2012 @01:24AM (#3751814)

I was actually thinking this was a discussion on what actually happens? I really want to know.

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Re:What happens when you die? by eureka on Wednesday March 28, 2012 @12:16PM (#3766945)

i'll start one about that. that's always an interesting discussion!

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Re:What happens when you die? by raghav305 on Saturday March 24, 2012 @10:49PM (#3751549)

it's not a market dude ..

if you really wanna do something about this .. first think of it as a service ..

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Re:What happens when you die? by raghav305 on Saturday March 24, 2012 @10:51PM (#3751552)

a 'free' service ... which probably each one of us owe to our fellow beings .

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Re:What happens when you die? by strawbucks on Saturday March 24, 2012 @11:48PM (#3751649)

Sort of like the 'free' coffins, 'free' attorneys to help write wills, and 'free' burial sites or cremations?

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