Time to Sign Up for Your Digital Will

Google is helping you out once you’re dead. Here’s a new service they’ve created – Inactive Account Manager – here’s what it does:

Once an account hasn’t been in use for a certain amount of time—theoretically because that person is no longer alive—you can have Google share your data with a trusted source or delete it, or both. You get to pick the settings, which include a “time out” period that puts your account in this “inactive mode” after a period of time you select. At that point, Google will notify you via text and e-mail to make sure you really want to do this. Then, at that point, it will either send that data to a select person, delete the account entirely, or both.

Now you’ll be able to stay current once you’re long dead, as long as your buddy is trustworthy.

Read more at theatlanticwire.com.