Apple demands widow get court order to access dead husband's password
http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/apple-wants-court-order-to-give-access-to-appleid-1.3405652
"I thought it was ridiculous. I could get the pensions, I could
get benefits, I could get all kinds of things from the federal
government and the other government. But from Apple, I couldn't
even get a silly password. It's nonsense," 72-year-old Peggy
Bush told Go Public. Experts warn this is a growing problem, as
more people die leaving important information and valuable
digital property on computers and electronic devices.
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I'll note that Google has excellently thought through key aspects of
this problem with their Inactive Account Manager -
https://www.google.com/settings/account/inactive / What's more, Google
has pages/forms already in place for users in these situations when
Inactive Account Manager was not previously set up:
https://support.google.com/accounts/contact/deceased?hl=en
--Lauren--
Lauren Weinstein ([email protected]): http://www.vortex.com/lauren
Founder:
- Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.org
- PRIVACY Forum: http://www.vortex.com/privacy-info
Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org/pfir-info
Member: ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy
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I have consulted to Google, but I am not currently
doing so -- my opinions expressed here are mine alone.
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