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Dead? Hope You Left Someone Your Passwords

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the return-to-sender dept.

A reader writes "Looks like if you die, Yahoo won't grant access to family members. I know I've enjoyed reading my grandfather's letters from WWII, this could be a huge loss of history if other ISP's have the same policy." MJK points out that Slashdot has explored the notion of what happens to your data after you die.

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  1. I've been in this scenario. by papasui · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    I used to take tech support phone calls for an ISP, and a father called in wanting the password to his daughter's email account because she died in a car accident. He verified the home address, phone number, and social security number of his daughter so I reset the password for him. Whether it's legally right or not I would not want that on my conscious that I denied that request to a father. He just lost someone he loved so much, I wasn't about to slap him in the face with some bullshit policy. I'm a father too and I understand.