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Offline tel

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Digital afterlife
« on: May 10, 2013, 03:01:13 PM »
Over the last few years I have been pondering about the massive amount of stuff that gets posted by ordinary people on site like this, plus blogs plus email etc. and people's attitudes to all this quite often, very personal information.
Recent events, including todays, have made me do a little bit of firkling around to see if I could find out a bit more, such as what would you want to happen to all this data.
Google now have a thing called "afterlife" whre you can pre-determine a few things -

http://googlepublicpolicy.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/plan-your-digital-afterlife-with.html

Does anybody here worry about what they have posted (not just in the VP), and what happens to it? Do you want it all deleted or somebody else to inherit it?

And other things like email - although I delete things locally, most of it is still sitting on the ISP's server, cos I cannot be bothered to use their webmail system to get rid of it - it goes back years.

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Re: Digital afterlife
« Reply #1 on: May 10, 2013, 03:02:59 PM »
What you actually saying like? scared2:

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Re: Digital afterlife
« Reply #2 on: May 10, 2013, 03:08:02 PM »
I never really say anything earth shatteringly important so not too bothered to be honest  redface:
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Re: Digital afterlife
« Reply #3 on: May 10, 2013, 03:11:36 PM »
What you actually saying like? scared2:

What would you like to happen to all this potentially embarrassing stuff?
Like, it should automatically vanish when you go or stay in the cybersphere forever and a day?

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Re: Digital afterlife
« Reply #4 on: May 10, 2013, 03:59:56 PM »
What you actually saying like? scared2:

What would you like to happen to all this potentially embarrassing stuff?
Like, it should automatically vanish when you go or stay in the cybersphere forever and a day?

I won't actually be in a position to give a shit when I've snuffed it. whistle:

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Re: Digital afterlife
« Reply #5 on: May 10, 2013, 04:05:37 PM »
What you actually saying like? scared2:

What would you like to happen to all this potentially embarrassing stuff?
Like, it should automatically vanish when you go or stay in the cybersphere forever and a day?

I won't actually be in a position to give a shit when I've snuffed it. whistle:

Is there stuff 'out there' that you wouldn't like the cubs to see you have printed proud bear stuff but other 'stuff'?

I think that once or twice I may have posted preferences child wise, I would wish those deleted I have never (I hope) made those preferences known to the children nso would not want them to know after my death when I wasn't around to put stuff in context or hurt them. They might have driven me bonkers at times but I would never wish to hurt them.
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Re: Digital afterlife
« Reply #6 on: May 10, 2013, 05:11:17 PM »
I have enjoyed my life and make it a rule never to regret nuffink.  I might learn from stuff that I've done but don't and as I can't change it I don't worry about it.   noooo:

Those who know me either must put up with me or leave me alone.   evil:

Everyone should vote and I love both my children equally but differently.   cloud9: cloud9: cloud9:

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Re: Digital afterlife
« Reply #7 on: May 10, 2013, 05:51:26 PM »
What you actually saying like? scared2:

What would you like to happen to all this potentially embarrassing stuff?
Like, it should automatically vanish when you go or stay in the cybersphere forever and a day?

I won't actually be in a position to give a shit when I've snuffed it. whistle:

Is there stuff 'out there' that you wouldn't like the cubs to see you have printed proud bear stuff but other 'stuff'?

I think that once or twice I may have posted preferences child wise, I would wish those deleted I have never (I hope) made those preferences known to the children nso would not want them to know after my death when I wasn't around to put stuff in context or hurt them. They might have driven me bonkers at times but I would never wish to hurt them.

You suggesting tyhat my Bear Cubs might forge there way in here to read 16,900 posts of mainly utter utter and pure 100% shite?

I really don't think they'll be bothered tbqatth.

They already kmow I'm one miserable bad tempered grumpy miserable twat of a bastard, so why would they want confirmation via the intermong? Shrugs:

I'm sure I've said werse to their faces than I've ever done in here, sometimes instantly regretted and apologised for, some actually meant, so, if you don't like a rabid snarling owld  Bear what speaks his mind, alive or dead, tough bloody shit! cussing:

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Re: Digital afterlife
« Reply #8 on: May 10, 2013, 05:55:10 PM »
Talking of hacking into accounts and reading contents within, how come posts I know hadn't been read (like the two previous to mine ^^^) are showing as READ ADTER I know I logged off 90 minutes ago?  rubschin:

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Re: Digital afterlife
« Reply #9 on: May 10, 2013, 05:57:23 PM »
Talking of hacking into accounts and reading contents within, how come posts I know hadn't been read (like the two previous to mine ^^^) are showing as READ ADTER I know I logged off 90 minutes ago?  rubschin:

What if they started posting as you?

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Re: Digital afterlife
« Reply #10 on: May 10, 2013, 06:03:54 PM »
Talking of hacking into accounts and reading contents within, how come posts I know hadn't been read (like the two previous to mine ^^^) are showing as READ ADTER I know I logged off 90 minutes ago?  rubschin:

What if they started posting as you?

Who?

Anyone that hacked into my account?

Yup, good point, but I think anyone would soon spot it, mainly me.

This is a unique Bear you're reading shite from.
Can't be replicated. noooo:

Since Snoopy's very sad death however, and being all morbid for a brief molike, I really don't know how anyone would know if I snuffed  it tbh.
I suppose no posts after a few years might form some basis of a hint of a clue like. rubschin:

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Re: Digital afterlife
« Reply #11 on: May 10, 2013, 06:08:25 PM »
We'd see the rug advertised on fleabay.
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Re: Digital afterlife
« Reply #12 on: May 10, 2013, 06:13:52 PM »
We'd see the rug advertised on fleabay.

Was THAT ^^^^ supposed to be even remotely funny you heathen? ::)

No doubt the usual suspects will have a damned good  happ096 and  happy001

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Re: Digital afterlife
« Reply #13 on: May 10, 2013, 06:17:15 PM »
I'm now wondering if I didn't log off when I went for a nap before, therefore leaving this place wide open for 'anyone' to take a peek and rummage on their laptops, now we don't actually have individual log in screens anymore on Firefox, unlike we did on ao HELL. rubschin:

Only advantage to that though really would be to gain access to my pm's I suppose, as anyone can read all this shite without even being a member I suppose?
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Re: Digital afterlife
« Reply #14 on: May 10, 2013, 06:18:20 PM »
Got yer suit out of mothballs yet?
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