http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9238354/Google_lets_users_plan_their_digital_afterlife

“You can tell us what to do with your Gmail messages and data from several other Google services if your account becomes inactive for any reason.”

“We hope that this new feature will enable you to plan your digital afterlife — in a way that protects your privacy and security — and make life easier for your loved ones after you’re gone,”

Uhm ok, really? This really really got to me, its not enough that they want to control what we see what we buy and who sees us while were still kicking they want to control our ‘data’ after we die? This all seems a little absurd to me. Reading this article doesnt even make me feel human anymore, just another line of 0’s and 1’s int heir computers. What if I dont want anything to happen to my emails when I die, and I dont want there to be an automatic response sent to my friends, and family, my coworkers, my employer.

“Just in case you’re inactive and not actually dead, Google is set to send you a warning via an email to a secondary address, and a text message to your cellphone.”

How nice of them, in all honesty I would love to get a text from google saying “If you are alive please reply by texting “ALIVE” back to this number”…what if I am away and on a lengthy sabbatical for 9 months and change my number? Then according to Google i’m dead? woohoo good to know.

Anyone gonna use this feature? Does this actually make anyone happy to know google offers this?