let's talk about your digital remains!

"When I die, delete my browser history." ­— Unknown When you die, there are lots of processes in place to deal with your body, your burial, your physical possessions, subscriptions and bank accounts. But what about your digital accounts and possessions? As our lives become more and more digital, taking these into account when tying up the affairs of a dead person is increasingly important. Think about it: This can involve e-mail accounts, social media accounts, messengers, LLM conversations, hard drives, cloud storage, crypto wallets, websites, your digital media licenses, intellectual property you released (like four (F)OSS projects, for example), and more. In a broader sense, you might count browser history and other metadata, too! What's interesting is that so many of these do not fall under the laws you might expect them to, like succession/inheritance law or privacy law. Services that offer you licensed content (like Steam) have made clear in the past that family members are…