Over the next 50 years, the number of dead user profiles on Facebook could be more than those of the living, a new study from Oxford University has revealed. This, as the researchers posit, could leave a humongous chunk of data archive on Facebook, a digital legacy which should […]
Illustration: Tara Jacoby/GMG It used to be that when someone died, their executor would follow a standard roadmap to settle their estate: clean out the house, go through the file cabinets, and file a tax return at the end of the year. Now this wasn’t exactly easy – handling […]
Siena will be hosting a conference October 27 focused on "digital legacy" — what happens to your online presence after you die. The Digital Legacy Conference is touted as the first of its kind in the United States: "the only conference that explores death, dying, bereavement and the internet" […]
User Not Found At the moment of your death there’s a magic button: do you press it and delete your entire online legacy, or do you keep it – and leave the choice for someone else? User Not Found, created by the Dante or Die company, poses a very […]
Twitter account of the deceased actor Paul Walker. JULIÁN ROJAS The internet is now an integral part of the lives of billions of people, and one of the challenges this brings about is how to manage personal information that is stored online after an individual passes away. Spain’s new […]