From death to final disposition

Moncur, Wendy; Bikker, Jan; Kasket, Elaine; Troyer, John

doi:10.1145/2207676.2207750

Cited by 36 publications

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“…In addition to logistical concerns relating to the transmission of passwords and data, there are also broader changes that should be considered regarding inheritance and dying in the digital age. These include novel approaches to designing for digital remembrance [3], digital archiving of sentimental objects [23], new ways of social mourning [15,51], the stakeholders involved immediately following death [32], and the extension and preservation of personhood through technology [28,50]. Underlying this are questions regarding what is the nature of privacy after death, which is typically not treated with the same reverance as privacy during life [12].…”

Section: Data After Deathmentioning

confidence: 99%

From Personal Data to Digital Legacy: Exploring Conflicts in the Sharing, Security and Privacy of Post-mortem Data

Holt

Nicholson

Smeddinck

2021

Proceedings of the Web Conference 2021

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As digital technologies become more prevalent there is a growing awareness of the importance of good security and privacy practices. The tools and techniques used to achieve this are typically designed with the living user in mind, with little consideration of how they should or will perform after the user has died. We report on two workshops carried out with users of password managers to explore their views on the post-mortem sharing, security and privacy of a range of common digital assets. We discuss a post-mortem privacy paradox where users recognise value in planning for their digital legacy, yet avoid actively doing so. Importantly, our findings highlight a tension between the use of recommended security tools during life and facilitating appropriate post-mortem access to chosen assets. We offer design recommendations to facilitate and encourage digital legacy planning while promoting good security habits during life. CCS CONCEPTS• Security and privacy → Social aspects of security and privacy; Privacy protections; Usability in security and privacy; • Human-centered computing → Human computer interaction (HCI); Social content sharing.

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Section: Data After Deathmentioning

confidence: 99%

From Personal Data to Digital Legacy: Exploring Conflicts in the Sharing, Security and Privacy of Post-mortem Data

Holt

Nicholson

Smeddinck

2021

Proceedings of the Web Conference 2021

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“…Inheritors may not know what accounts the deceased held online, or what the user ids and passwords are. If the deceased maintained an online address book -for example, in an email contact list -it can even be difficult to notify social network members of the person's death and funeral (Moncur et al 2012).…”

Section: Inheritance and Repurposingmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Orders of service incorporate images of the deceased (Walter et al 2012). PowerPoint is used to co-ordinate the display of photos and video clips during the service, against a backdrop of the deceased's favourite tunes culled from their MP3 player (Moncur et al 2012). In the longer term, the bereaved are reusing existing digital data to create their own technology-based responses to death and loss, such as online memorials (Hume & Bressers 2009;Nager & Vries 2004).…”

Section: Inheritance and Repurposingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Aging and the Digital Life Course

2015

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Physical, social and spiritual lifespans in the Digital AgeWe suggest that the human lifespan in the Digital Age is made up of three main layers: physical, social and digital (Walter et al. 2012). A fourth one may also be present -the spiritual lifespan. These layers do not run in direct parallel. Their start points may be asynchronous, and the time and cause of 'death' will vary. A user can persist digitally long after they have died physically.For most of us, death will come in old age, after a prolonged physical decline, beset by multiple conditions. By 2030, 86 per cent of deaths are expected to be of older adults (people aged over 65), and 44 per cent of deaths of those will be over 85 (Leadbeter & Garber 2010). Routine bureaucratic processes are associated with physical death. Even death itself is subject to legal definition: in western medical terms, 'death' generally refers to brain death (Lock 2001). The time, date and cause of death are recorded, and a death certificate issued. The body is disposed of through burial, cremation, entombment or donation to medical research. Reports of the death travel through the deceased's network of relatives, friends and acquaintances by a mixture of word-of-mouth, personal correspondence, computer-mediated communication and death notices in the press.

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“…Microsoft Memory Box), there is not yet an agreed mechanism or model which provides a suitable way to prepare for digital information bequests. 10 However, there is growing recognition that new digital hoarding practices will lead to serious problems in managing one"s digital legacy.…”

Section: Our Digital Footprintmentioning

confidence: 99%