Comments on: What Happens To Your Email and Social Networking Accounts When You Die? http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/what-happens-to-your-email-and-social-networking-sites-when-you-die/ Cool Websites, Software and Internet Tips Sat, 11 Feb 2012 04:28:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Peter http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/what-happens-to-your-email-and-social-networking-sites-when-you-die/#comment-437752 Peter Thu, 11 Feb 2010 15:44:54 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=28285#comment-437752 Your parents probably always told you "one day you'll understand". I'm here to tell you. That your parents were right. So were my parents. Bye! Your parents probably always told you “one day you’ll understand”. I’m here to tell you. That your parents were right. So were my parents. Bye!

]]> By: Jack Cola http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/what-happens-to-your-email-and-social-networking-sites-when-you-die/#comment-437638 Jack Cola Thu, 11 Feb 2010 02:40:29 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=28285#comment-437638 Even so if one of those things does happen (and chances are it will) Would it make a difference when you have passed away? What will they do? What can they do? In our day with so much of our personal information on the web, secretes are bound to appear sooner or later. Look how much information Google has about you. They have all your emails, they have everything you search for, they have all the sites you visit. And I wouldn't be surprised if Microsoft is doing the same (just my personal opinion) So if you don't want Gmail to give your next of king your email information, you better contact them now and say if someone requests your information when you are dead, make sure they deny it. My opinion is that you can't keep everything a secrete. People have ways of finding secretes about you. You may want to have a read this and see what the internet reveals about you. http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/15-websites-to-trace-people-online/ Anyway, I am going to stop this debate now. Thanks for your comments. Even so if one of those things does happen (and chances are it will) Would it make a difference when you have passed away?

What will they do? What can they do? In our day with so much of our personal information on the web, secretes are bound to appear sooner or later.

Look how much information Google has about you. They have all your emails, they have everything you search for, they have all the sites you visit. And I wouldn’t be surprised if Microsoft is doing the same (just my personal opinion)

So if you don’t want Gmail to give your next of king your email information, you better contact them now and say if someone requests your information when you are dead, make sure they deny it.

My opinion is that you can’t keep everything a secrete. People have ways of finding secretes about you. You may want to have a read this and see what the internet reveals about you. http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/15-websites-to-trace-people-online/

Anyway, I am going to stop this debate now.
Thanks for your comments.

]]> By: Peter http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/what-happens-to-your-email-and-social-networking-sites-when-you-die/#comment-437633 Peter Thu, 11 Feb 2010 02:18:34 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=28285#comment-437633 One day you'll be old enough to have a past full of baggage. Everyone does. It might be financial irresponsibility or trouble with the law. Maybe you had a very bad marriage that ended in a very bitter divorce, maybe an affair or two? Perhaps a drug problem or an alcohol problem. Maybe an employee/employer problem or perhaps a son or daughter with any of the above problems. Maybe you hit the lottery and are trying to hide from all of your worthless relatives. It may be many things. But then, and only then you'll understand the need for the privacy of conversations you may have had with friends, relatives, licensed professionals or even total strangers. Trust me. You'll want to have your loved ones protected from the details of those kinds of conversations. One day you’ll be old enough to have a past full of baggage. Everyone does. It might be financial irresponsibility or trouble with the law. Maybe you had a very bad marriage that ended in a very bitter divorce, maybe an affair or two? Perhaps a drug problem or an alcohol problem. Maybe an employee/employer problem or perhaps a son or daughter with any of the above problems. Maybe you hit the lottery and are trying to hide from all of your worthless relatives. It may be many things. But then, and only then you’ll understand the need for the privacy of conversations you may have had with friends, relatives, licensed professionals or even total strangers. Trust me. You’ll want to have your loved ones protected from the details of those kinds of conversations.

]]> By: Jack Cola http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/what-happens-to-your-email-and-social-networking-sites-when-you-die/#comment-437608 Jack Cola Wed, 10 Feb 2010 23:04:09 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=28285#comment-437608 Peter, is healthy to keep all those secretes from your loved ones? I am sure you have your reasons for it. In my opinion, facebook doesn't give away secretes, it more builds up a profile about someones attitude, values, and beliefs. I have a question for you, when you die, do you really care what other people discover about your life? How would you know anyway? When you are dead, what are your reasons for not wanting your family to discover your secretes? Also, are you admitting that you have secretes? If someone you love reads this, (has a key logger on your computer for example) they might start to ask you questions about your past. We may be young, but we know how to see what older, less computer savvy people do on computers - I am not saying you are one. Peter, is healthy to keep all those secretes from your loved ones? I am sure you have your reasons for it.

In my opinion, facebook doesn’t give away secretes, it more builds up a profile about someones attitude, values, and beliefs.

I have a question for you, when you die, do you really care what other people discover about your life? How would you know anyway? When you are dead, what are your reasons for not wanting your family to discover your secretes? Also, are you admitting that you have secretes? If someone you love reads this, (has a key logger on your computer for example) they might start to ask you questions about your past.
We may be young, but we know how to see what older, less computer savvy people do on computers – I am not saying you are one.

]]> By: Jack Cola http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/what-happens-to-your-email-and-social-networking-sites-when-you-die/#comment-437605 Jack Cola Wed, 10 Feb 2010 22:54:51 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=28285#comment-437605 Thanks Barbie for your touching comment, and I am very sorry for your loss. I much appreciate you sharing your experience with Hotmail and Facebook. Thanks again. Thanks Barbie for your touching comment, and I am very sorry for your loss.

I much appreciate you sharing your experience with Hotmail and Facebook.

Thanks again.

]]> By: Jack Cola http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/what-happens-to-your-email-and-social-networking-sites-when-you-die/#comment-437604 Jack Cola Wed, 10 Feb 2010 22:52:53 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=28285#comment-437604 Thanks very much for your comment. Everyone has a lot of accounts - and to close the main ones such as banking, email, or subscriptions should be the ones done first. Thanks very much for your comment.
Everyone has a lot of accounts – and to close the main ones such as banking, email, or subscriptions should be the ones done first.

]]> By: Peter http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/what-happens-to-your-email-and-social-networking-sites-when-you-die/#comment-437578 Peter Wed, 10 Feb 2010 21:39:35 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=28285#comment-437578 You kids don't understand. The older you get in life the more secrets you will have to protect. Many of them live in your email. You will have secrets about your finances, your romances (past & present), your marriage(s), your divorce(s), your illnesses, your military records, your jobs, your education, your parents information etc etc. In the facebook, myspace era you kids make too much information about yourselves available. That is a stupid thing to do. In my generation we love and value our privacy. And we need it. Bravo for Yahoo mail. DON'T RELEASE my account to my kids. There is nothing there they need to know about. If there were I would have given them the password. And if my child passes away. I don't want to know what they were doing in email If they had wanted me to know they would have given me access. You kids don’t understand. The older you get in life the more secrets you will have to protect. Many of them live in your email. You will have secrets about your finances, your romances (past & present), your marriage(s), your divorce(s), your illnesses, your military records, your jobs, your education, your parents information etc etc. In the facebook, myspace era you kids make too much information about yourselves available. That is a stupid thing to do. In my generation we love and value our privacy. And we need it. Bravo for Yahoo mail. DON’T RELEASE my account to my kids. There is nothing there they need to know about. If there were I would have given them the password. And if my child passes away. I don’t want to know what they were doing in email If they had wanted me to know they would have given me access.

]]> By: Barbie http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/what-happens-to-your-email-and-social-networking-sites-when-you-die/#comment-432853 Barbie Tue, 19 Jan 2010 03:52:36 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=28285#comment-432853 My 22 daughter passed out of her body almost 6 months ago. I was unable to hack any of her sites even though she had shared her passwords with me at various times in the past. Hotmail was her main email account and after sending in all the information I received an email back saying they would verify my information and send me a CD with all of her emails. I have since emailed them twice and both times they have indicated that they are very far behind in these requests but not to worry has her account was frozen and saved. We will see... Facebook was the easiest to deal with. I asked to be added to her Facebook account as I did not have Facebook prior to her passing and wanted to join in order to see the hundreds of pictures she had posted. They added me within a few days and were very responsive. This might have been as she had twice sent me emails from Facebook with a link to join. Friends and family still post there to say "hello" to her and it is heartwarming. Personally, I am grateful to retain any sign of her on the web - we ended up making a website with her music and poetry so anyone can find her and her talents will not be forgot. Thanks - hope this helps. My 22 daughter passed out of her body almost 6 months ago. I was unable to hack any of her sites even though she had shared her passwords with me at various times in the past.

Hotmail was her main email account and after sending in all the information I received an email back saying they would verify my information and send me a CD with all of her emails. I have since emailed them twice and both times they have indicated that they are very far behind in these requests but not to worry has her account was frozen and saved. We will see…

Facebook was the easiest to deal with. I asked to be added to her Facebook account as I did not have Facebook prior to her passing and wanted to join in order to see the hundreds of pictures she had posted. They added me within a few days and were very responsive. This might have been as she had twice sent me emails from Facebook with a link to join. Friends and family still post there to say “hello” to her and it is heartwarming.

Personally, I am grateful to retain any sign of her on the web – we ended up making a website with her music and poetry so anyone can find her and her talents will not be forgot.

Thanks – hope this helps.

]]> By: Joan http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/what-happens-to-your-email-and-social-networking-sites-when-you-die/#comment-432793 Joan Mon, 18 Jan 2010 21:01:55 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=28285#comment-432793 Good information. I've linked to you on my page about making an advance directive for your computer accounts. Good information. I’ve linked to you on my page about making an advance directive for your computer accounts.

]]> By: Ramesh http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/what-happens-to-your-email-and-social-networking-sites-when-you-die/#comment-422251 Ramesh Mon, 30 Nov 2009 07:00:21 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=28285#comment-422251 The topic is very Good. your Answers is very Good The topic is very Good.
your Answers is very Good

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