Web User - UK (2019-09-18)

Leave all your logins and important file s

to named beneficiaries using SecureSafe

Facebook is ahead of most rivals at

respecting the wishesof its late users

50 18 Sept - 1 Oct 2019

Store your passwords

in a digital safe

Leaving your logins in an encrypted

digi tal lock er is the simplest way to let

your family wrap up your accounts

when you’re no longer around. Storage

service SecureSafe (www.secures afe

.com) has a free DataInheritance

feat ure that lets you bequeath files,

passwords , PINs, two-factor

authentication details and more to

chosen benefi ciari es (bit.ly/inherit484).

You give each beneficiary a differen t

activation code that grants them only

the access you choose for them. These

codes only work when you die or are

incapacitated, and SecureSafe requires

numerous documents to certify that this

has actually happened. All data that you

haven’t signed to a specific beneficiary

is securely destroyed.

Bequeath or delete your

Facebook account

Facebook was one of th e first tech

companies to unders tand that its users

don’t live forever, and that when they

die, they may not necessarily wantall

their online datato become available

to their families.

Facebook’s ‘legacycontact’ feat ure

imposes thoughtful limits on what

actions your loved ones can perform.

They can create one last pinned post,

manage friend requests, download an

archive of your posts and photos,

and update the main photo on your

profile, which will display the word

‘Remembering’ (see screenshot, above).

What theycan’tdo is rummagethrough

your messagesor pr etend to be you.

To set up your legacy contact, go to

General Account Settings (bit.ly/

genfb484) and enter a name in the

‘Choose a friend’ box. They’ll get an

email about your impending mortality

from Facebook, so you might want to

warn them in advance.

Alternativ ely, you can let your

Facebook presence die with you. Goto

the page above and click ‘Request that

your account be deleted after you pass

away’ (bit.ly/fbdelete484).

Planyour Google afterlife

Google’s Inactive Account Manager is

like an online funeral pl an, giving you

full control over what happens to the

various elements of your Google

Not if it ’s separate fromyour main

will. In the UK, a legally-bindingwill

needsto be on paper and signedby

you and a witness. That said, it’s vital

to include details of your digi tal

assets in your physical will, and

services such as My Digital Executor

IS A ‘DIGITAL WILL’ LEGALLY BINDING?

(www.mydigit alexecutor.co.uk) help

you draw up your list and find a

solicitor. Here’s whatyou should

include:

List of your online accounts

Inventory of digi tal assets such as

photo albums and emails

Names of beneficiaries

List of wishes

Where to find your digi tal locker

or scrapbook

Do NOT include your pass words.

Your will is a document of public

record, which means anyone can

potentially access it.

You can set out organ-donation

wishes online at bit.ly/donor484.

Secure your life online

after you die

What happens to your online

accounts when you pass

away? Jane Hoskyn explains

how to bequeath your web

content and put your digi tal

affairs in order be fore you go