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Taking passwords to the grave

Postby Wayne Harrison » Sep 22, 2006 9:52 am

By Elinor Mills
Staff Writer, CNET News.com

Published: September 22, 2006, 4:00 AM PDT

William Talcott, a prominent San Francisco poet with dual Irish citizenship, had fans all over the world. But when he died in June of bone marrow cancer, his daughter couldn't notify most of his contacts because his e-mail account--and the online address book he used--was locked up.

Talcott, 69, a friend of beatnik Neil Cassidy, apparently took his password to the grave.

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Family members are increasingly unable to access important data because their loved ones have not left passwords behind.

"He did not keep a hard copy address book. I think everything was online," said Talcott's daughter, Julie Talcott-Fuller. "There were people he knew that I haven't been able to contact. It's been very hard."

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Postby graveleye » Sep 22, 2006 12:59 pm

This is interesting. A few years ago, I had the morbid thought of starting some sort of "internet-funeral-notification" service, for lack of a better name. Like me, a lot of people are members of forums and have very good friends out there in cyberspace. As this artical illustrates, the net and all the people using it are aging...
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