I Am Not A Lawyer. I am, I hope, a reasonable, educated human being. Those of you screaming "Moron!" at each other are working very hard to make anyone who reads your comments write you off as a raving loon instead of a reasonable, educated human being. If you can't maintain some sort of civility, no one really cares what you say.
I cannot speak to the legality of Apple's actions here, in either the USA or England. I reasonably figure Apple DOES have people who can speak to that and advise them. I also haven't seen anything that indicates the screamers have any more real expertise than I.
What I do know is that I don't want Apple to guess at what I want done with my property, or to take the word of my relatives as to what I intended. That's what probate courts are for, folks. If one is truly empowered to handle and dispose of portions of the estate, a competent court of jurisdiction can easily certify that -- and no one else can. A will is only a legal document when a probate court says it is. Wills get tossed out every day. And in my day job (customer service for a utility company) I hear about six times a day from people who claim to be the "executor" of someone's estate -- only to back off the claim when we suggest they need to prove it.
I want Apple to insist on a court order if someone should come in to ask them to bypass my account security. If I didn't give them the passwords and codes to do it themselves, they should -- they'd BETTER -- assume I don't approve.
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I Am Not A Lawyer. I am, I hope, a reasonable, educated human being. Those of you screaming "Moron!" at each other are working very hard to make anyone who reads your comments write you off as a raving loon instead of a reasonable, educated human being. If you can't maintain some sort of civility, no one really cares what you say. I cannot speak to the legality of Apple's actions here, in either the USA or England. I reasonably figure Apple DOES have people who can speak to that and advise them. I also haven't seen anything that indicates the screamers have any more real expertise than I. What I do know is that I don't want Apple to guess at what I want done with my property, or to take the word of my relatives as to what I intended. That's what probate courts are for, folks. If one is truly empowered to handle and dispose of portions of the estate, a competent court of jurisdiction can easily certify that -- and no one else can. A will is only a legal document when a probate court says it is. Wills get tossed out every day. And in my day job (customer service for a utility company) I hear about six times a day from people who claim to be the "executor" of someone's estate -- only to back off the claim when we suggest they need to prove it. I want Apple to insist on a court order if someone should come in to ask them to bypass my account security. If I didn't give them the passwords and codes to do it themselves, they should -- they'd BETTER -- assume I don't approve.