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What happens to your online accounts when you die?

  • August 17, 2018
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This is probably a topic that not enough of us give any thoughts to, but we should.
 

The digital entropy of death

 
By John Leyden 17 Aug 2018 BSides Manchester What happens to the numerous user logins you've accumulated after you die or become too infirm to manipulate a keyboard?
 
Some people have a plan, the digital equivalent of living will, or have chosen "family" option in a password management package such as LastPass or have entrusted a book of passwords to a family member.
 
But the consequences of doing nothing are not as neutral as some might expect and were spelled out during an informative presentation by Chris Boyd of Malwarebyes at BSides in Manchester on Thursday. The presentation, cheerily titled "The digital entropy of death", covered what could happen to your carefully curated online presence after you log off.
 
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