19/08
2009
2009
“Firms like Legacy Locker, Asset Lock and Deathswitch now help people plan for their death by collecting details like your passwords while you’re living. Of course, you could just write your passwords on a piece of paper. But as Legacy Locker notes in its publicity material, you’ll constantly have to change them and add more as you open new accounts. For about $30 annually or $300 for a lifetime, the San Francisco–based site will manage account information (which it heavily encrypts), store files, designate beneficiaries and write “legacy letters” to be sent out after your death. The firm checks in with two verifiers — people you’ve designated to confirm your death and produce your death certificate — before disseminating your online assets. On top of passwords and files, Deathswitch, which is based in Houston, also suggests you store funeral instructions, love notes and “unspeakable secrets.” It then regularly sends you e-mail prompts to verify that you’re still alive, at a frequency you decide upon. After a series of unanswered prompts, it will assume you’re dead, turn on the switch and release your messages to beneficiaries. One message is free; for more, the company charges $19.95 a year.”
Dall’articolo “How to Manage Your Online Life When You’re Dead” di Gaëlle Faure
