If you’ve ever wondered what happens to all of your online social media accounts once you die, you’ll find this ‘Digital Death’ video highly informative. Acting as a continuation of the ‘What Happens Online When You Die?’ blogazine, ‘Digital Death’ condenses most of the relevant information from the multimedia website into a span of four minutes.
For instance, many people are likely unaware that once a person passes away, their digital properties belong to the platform provider unless stated otherwise. What this means is that a social media network like Facebook can potentially take all of your embarrassing and dirty photos and use it for ad campaigns free of charge.
Much more fascinating, however, is the notion that you may be resurrected in the future using all of your social media accounts. The ‘Digital Death’ vid predicts that, using personality predictors linking to all your online information, a digital self may be created that can interact with your future family.
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Trend Themes
1. Digital Afterlife - Opportunity to develop platforms or services for managing digital assets and maintaining a person's online presence after death.
2. Data Privacy in Death - Opportunity to address the issue of platform ownership of digital properties after a person dies and ensure privacy of personal data.
3. Digital Resurrection - Potential for developing technologies that utilize a person's online information to create a digital self that can interact with future generations.
Industry Implications
1. Digital Legacy Management - Companies that offer services to manage a person's digital assets and online presence after their death.
2. Data Protection and Privacy - Industry focusing on protecting the privacy and security of personal data, even after death.
3. Artificial Intelligence and Virtual Reality - Opportunities in AI and VR technologies to develop platforms for creating digital representations or avatars based on a person's online information.