A digital heirs and wills ... What will happen to your digital inheritance after your death ?!

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Usually, a person leaves a will before his death, in which he determines the fate of his material possessions ... But now we must think a little further, our possessions are no longer only material, you have a wealth of data on the network from Facebook, to cloud storage, bank accounts, etc., which will It freezes after your death if you are the only one who knows the passwords related to it ... Is it possible that this is the end of it?

This is one of the questions that has begun to surface recently, so what will happen to our photos, bank accounts, digital businesses, e-mails, thousands of messages, pictures and videos, and how many countless electronic nonsense will happen when we die?

Now you can write a digital will to bequeath this property !!


First of all, who is your digital guardian?

You can now name a digital trustee that you trust to take care of your digital affairs in the way you want. Transferring ownership of the blogs to your heirs, and the process of announcing your death for your friends in the digital communities you have created, in other words, he is responsible for your digital life in the event of your death .

 Make sure that you record your passwords in a safe place agreed upon with your digital guardian. Passing passwords to the guardian is essential for him to do the work that you want him to do, because without the passwords he will not be able to access your digital life, and the privacy policies of websites will not allow him to access your private property. And then, fully explain what you want the guardian to do with your digital life after your death, and how it will be dealt with, so mention your will if you want to destroy them all, or you want to transfer ownership of some pictures and videos to one of the heirs, so you have absolute freedom to choose what will happen to your digital life after your death.

And because most of our digital data that we share belongs to tech companies such as Facebook and others, and in the past it was not necessary to think about the fate of our data, but as we age, it is expected that by 2030, there will be many, many digital accounts of deceased people!

These companies began to think about what they could do about this complex issue, on the one hand the privacy of the user, and on the other hand his memories and special moments that he lived and interacted with, because that account accompanied him to an entire life, and it is not reasonable to be canceled suddenly, that is, completely they fell between two high professional fires On the one hand, humanity and the family's right to access the data of their loved one, on the other hand .

Therefore, you should read the terms of each company separately, to fully know what you can control after your death, and we will mention the amount of freedom we have in managing our digital lives after our death for each of the most famous companies in the world.

Facebook

As for the social media giant, it has provided us with many services that allow us to manage our digital life, as it provides us with the ability to delete our account or leave it as an account for a memory only, where your friends can share their private memories with you, and to fulfill your desires you can name a digital guardian to take care of the affairs of your memorial page, and can Your friends submit a request to the company to allow them to manage your memorial page after proving their strong relationship with you.

And if we want to share something, throw a word, or post a video after our death, Facebook provides us with this feature using the IfIDie app, which allows us to create a post or video clip, share it on our Facebook and post it after our death.

Twitter

Twitter expressed policies dealing with the digital content of the deceased user, stating that they could cooperate with the digital guardian or a family member to deactivate the Twitter account, while they would not provide access and control over the digital content created by the deceased person.

Instagram

The company provides the ability to close the account or convert the account to a memorial account only, and the company's privacy policy prevents you from providing access to your Instagram account. So, if you want someone to access your account, you must provide them with access beforehand, and give them your password.

Microsoft

Microsoft recently announced that your heirs can access the content of your email and other services provided by Microsoft by passing some verification steps to verify ownership rights, but by passing your passwords to your digital trustee, he can do whatever you want for Microsoft.

The Google

Goal has provided the inactive account service, where you can determine the fate of your data that is within Google's accounts, and you decide to delete it or pass it on to a specific person, and you will be notified with a notice before a certain period of deletion or change by the company, where you can revoke the process if you are still alive.

It is clear that managing that data is a little complicated matter, as our digital life takes up most of our lives, and that space increases with the passage of days, and increases with the data we share on these websites. Therefore, managing our digital life after our death needs some planning and serious thinking on our part to know exactly how we will manage this data and what is its fate, and you are free to determine what your digital life will lead to with a set of services that help you manage your digital data after your death!

But think carefully before you post and share information about you ... Do you really want a bunch of electronic nonsense to be all that reminds your surroundings?

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