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It’s not illegal to use someone else’s password even if all of the parties are alive. Unauthorized use of someone else’s password may be illegal.
by rosndo 5y ago
It’s not illegal to use someone else’s password even if all of the parties are alive.
Unauthorized use of someone else’s password may be illegal.
- zie 5y agohow does one go about getting authorization from someone deceased? That's a neat trick! :)
- rosndo 5y agoWe are discussing a lawyer who does estate planning, that’s something people do before they die.
- zie 5y agoBecause of the recent badness that has happened around people dying(identity theft, etc), the SSA and everyone else gets notified when deaths happen, and lock & flag accounts, etc. Using a deceased person's password, even with this supposed "authorization" is a terrible idea. There are laws and rules and standards of practice for dealing with this stuff and they should be followed. This lawyer is at best, giving bad advice and at worst, encouraging breaking rules and regulations. What we all should do is build in plans for our deaths around the time we hit 18, and make sure our heir(s) know what's up. i.e. I have these insurance policies, these bank and credit and investment accounts, etc. One solution, Fidelity has a free service available for people to help with this: https://www.fidsafe.com/ https://www.fidsafe.com/ A piece of paper of course works just as well, assuming your heir(s) know where in the world these papers are.