Brits Leave Internet Passwords in Wills
-breakingnewsenglish.com
More and more British people are leaving their usernames and Internet
passwords in their wills. For hundreds of years, wills have included
money, houses, cars and paintings. Now wills have gone digital. Over ten
per cent of Britons say they have put their passwords in their will.
They want their loved ones to use them after they die. People often have
thousands of dollars of movies, music and software on
password-protected sites. They feel it is important to pass on these
things to the people they love.
It is not only things like films and songs that Britons want to include
in their will. They are also putting in their Facebook and Flickr
accounts. This means their loved ones will be able to protect these
accounts. Many Facebook pages are used by hackers after a person dies.
Facebook and similar sites will not give the log-on details to the
family of the person who died. The sites are lost forever because no one
knows how to access them. Lawyers say everyone should think about what
happens to their online data after they die.
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