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This is great, it will be great if tech companies can also start working with the government systems which recognize the legal heirs as well. In the case of Git
by sn41 6y ago
This is great, it will be great if tech companies can also start working with the government systems which recognize the legal heirs as well. In the case of GitHub it may not be so pertinent, but with email ids etc. where bank account details and OTPs are sent to, it may be important for email providers to recognize real world legal entities and work with the usual estate management legislations.
- mytailorisrich 6y agoThis is not a new problem. This happens all the time when someone dies: Executors must put the deceased' affairs in order and contact all the companies the deceased had business with. It's just that tech companies tend to think that this does not apply to them and that they don't need to be able to deal with actual mail or this sort of process. Github's policy is simply how things ought to be (and credit to them for doing it). People find it so great simply because the industry is so appallingly bad.