Ethical Question

[smile_n_cuddle]

I heard a news story about a guy who died in Iraq and his family is trying to get copies of all of the e-mails he's sent from Yahoo.

Of course, the concerns are mostly privacy concerns...

So the question is, if you died, would you want your family to have access to all of the e-mails/posts you've ever written?

Comments

[liveandinperson.livejournal.com]

yes. i would.

[niff.livejournal.com]

So now you have to tell me more :-)

Why?

The news said maybe e-mail companies should, when you sign up, have to check whether you'd want family to have access to your acct.

[liveandinperson.livejournal.com]

because...you're dead...why the hell would you care if they read your private stuff or not? they kind of have a right...maybe to figure out how you thought...what you wished/dreamed...things you never told anyone. hell, i don't really love my family all that much, but i do think they, and my friends, deserve to know all they can about me after i die.