I'm with JSw. There might be stuff in that email that he doesn't want his parents to know about.
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DXMachina - Dec 21, 2004 10:46:45 am PST #708 of 10003
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
§ ita § - Dec 21, 2004 10:47:09 am PST #709 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I agree with Yahoo.
I can't imagine wanting anyone in my family's stuff, and I certainly don't want them in mine.
le nubian - Dec 21, 2004 10:51:24 am PST #710 of 10003
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
You know what? If I'm dead, they can have at me. Who cares? I'm dead!
There might be reason to have access to email though...some financial statements come via that means and no other and if you have to reconcile an 'estate' there may be good reason.
Forums and LJ - I can't see any reason to have access to those after a person dies.
Beverly - Dec 21, 2004 12:11:49 pm PST #711 of 10003
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
The situation with the email--and I agree with Yahoo--sounds like a very good reason to appoint an executor to sift your bookmarks in case you die. Someone who'd be privy to most of your nefarious online life, and understanding of most of it. Somebody who could winnow the necessary financial stuff from the websites and posting boards, etc.
StY has my passwords. If I get hit by a bus, he's to come and tell you guys, and the other sites I frequent where folks might want to know.
§ ita § - Dec 21, 2004 12:16:45 pm PST #712 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Porn buddy!
edit, erm, not to imply your son and porn or anything -- just that Coupling thing where a friend is designated to de-porn your belongings upon your death.
DXMachina - Dec 21, 2004 12:17:51 pm PST #713 of 10003
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
If I get hit by a bus, he's to come and tell you guys, and the other sites I frequent where folks might want to know.
Given what happened over at the Bronze, you might want to mention that we're going to need some kind of proof. Ya know, a certificate of some sort, or maybe an ear.
§ ita § - Dec 21, 2004 12:19:07 pm PST #714 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Ears are not definitive enough. He could just have her locked up in a closet somewhere. Eyeball? Heart? Something with commitment.
meara - Dec 21, 2004 4:04:44 pm PST #715 of 10003
I definitely am not thinking I"d want my parents to have access to my email or LJ or anything! OTOH, I feel like I really should keep a password somewhere--if for no other reason than that, should I die, my laptop shouldn't be forced to be a brick, ya know?
I guess if I were dead, I'd be fine with my sister getting into my stuff. (Should I die, please reference this post to Yahoo, eh? :)
§ ita § - Dec 21, 2004 4:11:27 pm PST #716 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
if for no other reason than that, should I die, my laptop shouldn't be forced to be a brick, ya know?
You don't need a password to reformat the machine and start over. Which is what I'd like my successors to do with my hardware thanks. Okay, except for the TiVo. They can keep my TiVo season passes. In fact, I may just insist they do.
Wolfram - Dec 21, 2004 5:33:57 pm PST #717 of 10003
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I'm with Yahoo! but I sympathize with the family too. I hope they can find some way not to erase the data and maybe appoint a trustee of some sort to parse it for publication.
And FTR, someone else has been writing all my posts. And my emails. And surfing the web from my computers. Poncy bugger.