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I get the impression that Google determines death based on a certain period of inactivity. What if the account holder didn't die but, for example, went to jail
by kintamanimatt 14y ago
I get the impression that Google determines death based on a certain period of inactivity. What if the account holder didn't die but, for example, went to jail and ended up with their account deleted or had "data from some or all of their services" sent to people while they were still alive but AFK? The failsafe of texting a number and emailing a backup address doesn't seem sufficient.
- deleted 14y ago[deleted]
- goldfeld 14y agoIf they have selected for their data to be sent to someone in their close trust, how is this a problem? The trustee will know they are not actually dead, and may in fact need to intercede, e.g. with the mail trying to reach the unavailable person. Now for data to be simply erased there's no easy solution, but it's not an option I would ever pick. I mean, at any point in time there may be people depending on me through email, sometimes in remote locations, who would have little way of knowing if anything happened to me. The least I can do is to have a setup that would have someone notify them if I died. I once bought a product from an eBay seller, and upon inquiring on the lateness to ship it, was notified by his brother that he had passed away a few days ago. It happens.