What I want is a service that deletes all my online presence after I die. A deadswitch. All texts, messages, emails, facebook posts, pictures anywhere, everything.
I want it all to go when I do. Hell, I want some of it to go now.
After I'm gone, I want to leave no part of my existence on the internet.
I realize that's not possible. But I want to minimize my footprint.
It is totally possible for a local device. I have a deadswitch on all my computers. If I don't log in and set an alive flag via the command line in any of my computers for more than a week, that computer securely wipes itself.
Let it be known, I have nothing to hide. I just think this is the best way to do things.
Edit: My reason for this is the frequency with which I encounter people who are no longer alive. It's a harsh thing to look at a link to someone who said something, and you used to know and then suddenly realize, "Oh shit. He's dead. And I used to be his best friend."
I know facebook has memorial pages, but those are difficult to get.
When something you create is public, you no longer have a right to dictate it. You do not have a right to be forgotten. That would be an attempt at some sort of thought control, and you don't get to tell us that this comment you just wrote can and should be forgotten. If I choose to remember it, outside of your wishes, there's nothing you can do about it.
Private information is another matter, but when people presume they have rights to choose how others think, it really makes my blood boil.
Since then I've started noticing services rolling out the ability to specify someone to take over your account after you die, and I suspect the legal framework around wills and estates is robust enough that you could leave instructions (and have them enforced) to delete things.
I want it all to go when I do. Hell, I want some of it to go now.
After I'm gone, I want to leave no part of my existence on the internet.
I realize that's not possible. But I want to minimize my footprint.
It is totally possible for a local device. I have a deadswitch on all my computers. If I don't log in and set an alive flag via the command line in any of my computers for more than a week, that computer securely wipes itself.
Let it be known, I have nothing to hide. I just think this is the best way to do things.
Edit: My reason for this is the frequency with which I encounter people who are no longer alive. It's a harsh thing to look at a link to someone who said something, and you used to know and then suddenly realize, "Oh shit. He's dead. And I used to be his best friend."
I know facebook has memorial pages, but those are difficult to get.