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YOUR DIGITAL INHERITANCE
DR. WENDY MONCUR, FRSA
SCHOOL OF COMPUTING, UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE
VISITING FELLOW, CENTRE FOR DEATH & SOCIETY, UNIVERSITY OF BATH
LIFE, DEATH & ASSETS
BEQUEATHING DIGITAL ASSETS
STEPS TO TAKE?
THE DAYS OF
OUR YEARS ARE
THREESCORE
YEARS
AND TEN (PSALM 90:10, KING JAMES
BIBLE)
http://budgetsmartgirl.files.wordpress.com/2010/10/final-graveyard-sandwich-tray.jpg
ARE ONLINE & OFFLINE DEATH
SYNCHRONOUS?
YOUR REAL-LIFE ASSETS
House
Car
Money
Furniture
Photos, videos, letters
Jewellery
Body
YOUR DIGITAL ASSETS
Photos
Blog posts
Emails
Social media accounts
Online contacts
Video
Music
Books
Memberships
Online business
Airmiles accounts
… and more…
WHERE ARE YOUR
DIGITAL ASSETS?
Laptop. iPod. Smart phone. Kindle. External hard drive. CD or DVD. Cloud backup service. Memory stick.
http://blog.redtray.co.uk/2012/07/06/why-training-in-the-cloud-has-become-the-must-have-it-accessory/
WHAT ARE THEY WORTH?
UNEXPECTEDLY USEFUL?
http://jlluesma.deviantart.com/art/Back-Tattoo-133720061
BEQUEATHING DIGITAL ASSETS
BEQUEATHING DIGITAL ASSETS
Can you? Yes, in Oklahoma (House bill 2800)
• social networking site
• micro blogging
• email & short message service websites
Barriers to bequeathal
Awareness of account’s existence
Identity – actual, pseudonymous, anonymous
Password
Ownership of digital asset
BARRIERS TO BEQUEATHAL
http://community.secondlife.com/t5/Inworld/bg-p/blog_inworld/date/2-5-2012
http://info.yahoo.com/legal/uk/yahoo/utos-173.html/
LANCE CORPORAL ELLSWORTH
OTHER INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS
Facebook: Memorialize or remove the account. Content can be downloaded if you have password. http://www.facebook.com
Twitter: remove account or assist family members in saving a backup of deceased’s public Tweets.
Gmail: May give access if formal evidence of death provided http://support.google.com/mail/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=14300
eBay: You cannot “transfer your eBay account (including feedback) and user ID to another party without our consent” http://pages.ebay.co.uk/help/policies/user-agreement.html
/
http://fallen-angel42.deviantart.com/art/Skeleton-in-your-closet-153072854
DO YOU HAVE SKELETONS IN YOUR CLOSET?
STEPS TO TAKE?
WHAT CAN YOU DO?: 1
Make a list of ALL your digital assets
- ID, Password, Website
Consider using a software tool to store passwords securely
• - E.g. LastPass, 1Password, Clipperz, RoboForm
Writing down or sharing your password may violate the Terms of Service agreement with your Internet Service provider.
WHAT CAN YOU DO?: 2
Appoint a Digital Executor
DIY method • Family member
• Friend
• Colleague
• Lawyer
Digital estate services
Posthumous email services
DIGITAL ESTATE SERVICES
Secure online service
• e.g. Legacy Locker, Entrustnet• May demand death certificate as proof of death
Stores your digital inventory
May also store:
• last wishes• instructions for funeral• posthumous email• instructions in case if brain death• eg – Legacy Organiser app
POSTHUMOUS EMAIL
Online service
• e.g http://www.deadmansswitch.net/
Death may be assumed if you fail to answer 3 emails from service provider….
Emails sent after you die
DO YOU NEED A DIGITAL ESTATE SERVICE, OR IS IT OVERKILL?
Security
Password updates
Number of heirs
Your age & health
How good you are with computers
Triggering action
SUMMARYYour digital assets are growing daily
Bequeathing them is not simple
You may wish to:
• Make an inventory of your digital assets• Choose:
• your digital executor• What assets you want to pass on, to whom.
Dr. Wendy Moncurhttp://www.computing.dundee.ac.uk/staff/wmoncur/
Digital Estate Services
Posthumous emails DIY Method
Want stringent 3rd party verification
Y Less stringent N
Death cert check Y N N
Automated digital executor
Y 1/2 N
Digital ‘heirs’ Complex Complex Simple
Passwords change often
Y N N
Open new accounts frequently
Y N N
Willing to pay for service
Maybe Maybe N