Identity Theft

Identity Theft

Stealing the identity of a dead person is sometimes referred to as “ghosting”. It is important that social media accounts are either memorialised or closed when someone dies. Identify theft is a huge problem for all of us.  Your identity is a valuable asset, and can...
All The Ghosts in the Machine – Audio Book Review

All The Ghosts in the Machine – Audio Book Review

I like to listen to audio books in my bath, and as I had plenty of time to relax this morning due to it being Bank Holiday Monday in England, I indulged in the pleasure of a scented bath bomb and a sticky face pack. My choice of audio book this morning was All the...
Secrets

Secrets

Can you keep a secret? Where do you keep them? In a secret place of course! Throughout my research into digital bereavement issues, secrets are becoming a large problem for law companies dealing with estates of people who have died. When opening any online account, a...
Intellectual Digital Legacy

Intellectual Digital Legacy

Digital Legacy can be divided into four categories: emotional, financial, social and intellectual.  A really good example of an intellectual digital legacy came to my attention when I read that Rob Wilkins, an assistant of the late author Terry Pratchett, destroyed...
Holographic Opera​

Holographic Opera​

Maria Callas lived from 1923 until 1977. She was an American born Greek opera singer who was nicknamed La Davina. Despite her death, she will be performing in November at the London Coliseum, as a hologram image accompanied by a live orchestra. This type of concert is...
Sorry, We’re Dead

Sorry, We’re Dead

Sudden death throws those close to the deceased into a chaotic state of pandemonium. A sign worded slightly more tactfully than the one pictured above, may be hurriedly hung in the window of a deceased shop owner’s premises, to inform the customers why the shop...

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