- From: Phil Archer <phil@philarcher.org>
- Date: Sun, 26 Jul 2009 20:39:57 +0100
- To: "public-xg-socialweb@w3.org" <public-xg-socialweb@w3.org>
Someone I'm linked to of Facebook raised an issue earlier as a joke - but actually, I think it has a serious side: if I die, will Facebook close my account? No, they won't - but /someone/ probably should. If I shuffled off this mortal coil tomorrow, the potential task for my wife or children would be tracking down a bunch of accounts and passwords that all needed updating with the news that I was no longer a burden to society. I wonder if there's a 'cancel all the accounts of person X' use case here? The problem would be malicious usage, so it would probably have to be something like making an online will: "I hereby give permission that, in the event of my death, person Y has the authority, using Z credentials, to cancel all my online accounts unless I log into /any/of them in the following 3 months" or something. What I can't work out is whether this is something that might be part of a future standardisation track - or simply a commercial opportunity for someone. In which case, why the heck am I sending this to a public list? ;-) Phil. -- Phil Archer http://philarcher.org/ i-sieve technologies | W3C Mobile Web Initiative Sentiment Analysis Beyond Impressions | www.w3.org/Mobile
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