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Ask Slashdot: Dividing Digital Assets In Divorce?

Posted by timothy on from the don't-forget-your-malware dept.

An anonymous reader writes "I am a long time Slashdotter and currently find myself in the beginning of a divorce process. How have you dealt with dispersing of shared data, accounts and things online in such a situation? Domains, hosting, email, sensitive data backups and social media are just a few examples."

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  1. Re:Blegh by owenferguson · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I'd second that. My wife and I always had completely divided online personas, and still do. Shared assets like domains would be split based on the separation agreement, no? As for shared data, each party gets a full backup. Maybe change your passwords if you've shared them with your spouse. I know that I regretted telling my wife my email password when she started to use it as the password for other sites she signed me up for online (FetLife, for example.) We had a long talk that day about the importance of not re-using passwords on multiple sites; she was convinced that there was no way for website owners to see the passwords that their users put in. Thankfully, Lulzsec came along a few years later and vindicated my paranoia...

  2. Here's your checklist by BenderX · · Score: 4, Interesting

    If you can copy it (CDs, MP3s, data on cloud storage), each person gets a copy.
    If it's locked down with DRM (iTunes) assign a value and divvy up along with physical assets.
    If it's a photo from your time together, put it in an archive directory called "/poisoned" and never open that directory again.
    Most email accts and social media are per individual, but if not, just let it go and start fresh.
    If it's critical to your future (the domain for your business), cover it in the divorce decree.