Know someone who died recently from your friends list on Facebook? Having a dead person in your friends list can be odd when you still see their automatic postings from various QOTD, Astrology and Reader Apps that make it appear as though they are living. Sure, you could remove them but, somehow, it seems wrong to toss a life away into forgetfulness through the, usually passive-agressive, method of removing "friends." They died, its probably not their fault.
PassMyWill is a service that will monitor your social activity. If you don't post anything, it will try to contact you via email. If that fails, it will send a list of logon credentials (that you put together ahead of time) to a list of people of your choosing. The idea is that you trust those individuals enough to do something nice with, your now ironic, social media presence. Perhaps a memorialization or, if your the joking type, some kind of silly, from the dead, social networking.
It is a decent idea, but not without some concerns. I don't think this can actually differentiate from automatic app posts and real human posts. Security is another concern. Your friends will need a security key to access the passwords once you pass away. However, many are still uncertain about whether the system is easily tricked into distributing your passwords unintentionally.
Furthermore, there are easier and more sensible ways to accomplish this task. Unless you are a sad and pathetic internet troll who has no friends and has been shunned by all family, you will likely be able to include something in your will, or your security deposit box at the bank, that someone you care about will be able to access. If you haven't thought of that in this day and age it might be time to formulate some kind of plan. If you are like me, your partner should know how to access your social accounts (unless you are a sneaky sneak with things to hide). If you don't have someone close to you, include it in your will to have your accounts deleted by the executor. Just be sure to update it whenever you change your passwords.
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