Random Daily Banter

[BoldonLad]

It does indeed. How many have set that up though?

No idea, probably a similar proportion as have followed advice to set up POA, make a Will, make their wishes known re organ donation, funeral arrangements etc etc. That does make these things a bad idea, and/or irrelevant.

 

[BoldonLad]

Trouble is that I've no idea how many separate log-ins I have though, and how many of them would be useful to my executor. I assume that there are millions of dormant online accounts stretching from NCAP to HMRC of people who've died, and that's only going to multiply exponentially as the online generations start dying off.

Presumably the organisations concerned will periodically have a “clean up” and delete dormant accounts, alternatively, they will keep Rachel happy by building a few more datacentres, to consume more electricity, and, boost the economy 😊

 

[briantrumpet]

Presumably the organisations concerned will periodically have a “clean up” and delete dormant accounts, alternatively, they will keep Rachel happy by building a few more datacentres, to consume more electricity, and, boost the economy 😊

Certainly FB has had a never-delete policy (hence my now-dead ex-pupil still being there 15 years later), and probably problematic if there's money involved.

I assume executors/solicitors executing wills get to bypass 2FA and all that jazz, as long as they know where the dead person has squirreled their money away. Probably easier when the dead person has had some notice of their demise and got stuff in order.

tl;dr - write a will (if you haven't done so already) and tell your solicitor where your riches are stowed!

 

[PurplePenguin]

Certainly FB has had a never-delete policy (hence my now-dead ex-pupil still being there 15 years later), and probably problematic if there's money involved.

I assume executors/solicitors executing wills get to bypass 2FA and all that jazz, as long as they know where the dead person has squirreled their money away. Probably easier when the dead person has had some notice of their demise and got stuff in order.

tl;dr - write a will (if you haven't done so already) and tell your solicitor where your riches are stowed!

On a vaguely related note, I went to a talk by a university lecturer on social media. One of the things she made all her students do was download what information Facebook holds on them. One of her students was then particularly shocked to see that Facebook had retained a message she had sent her boyfriend at the age of 14 and quickly deleted - the student got to see themselves naked as a child. Facebook never deletes anything.

 

[the snail]

... Facebook never deletes anything.

Of course not, your data is their product.

 

[C R]

Of course not, your data is their product.

In all free online services the user is the product.