Digital inheritance: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 01:35, 18 December 2021

Revision as of 01:36, 18 December 2021

Line 49:

===Digital inheritance services===

There are services that facilitate passing social accounts and digital cryptocurrencies to the beneficiaries after one's passing. They allow users to connect their social accounts, file storage services, and bitcoin wallets to one "vault". The upside of such an approach is that no additional transfer of assets is necessary since transfer is happening on the connected service provider's side, thus keeping risks to the minimum.<ref>Conley, C. (2020, January). Digital inheritance. ''OUCH!'' https://www.sans.org/newsletters/ouch/digital-inheritance/</ref>

===Responsibility of benefactors===

The practical approach to digital inheritance is to keep a regular [[backup]] of digital assets in a secure place and appoint a single person who will post-mortem deal with the assets. An up-to-date list of passwords to online accounts would be essential. One method of ensuring that a digital inheritance is handled legally and comprehensively is to use a digital estate planner.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lifeinsurancefinder.com.au/infographics/expert-guide-to-protect-yourself-online-before-you-die/ |title=Step by step expert guide to protecting yourself online before you die |publisher=Life Insurance Finder |accessdate=2014-04-11}}</ref>

=== Social media===