英文写作之观点6~不朽的数字化虚拟灵魂

How to avoid digital immortality (Reader's Digest, 202111)
There was a time when the treasure chest of memories left to us byour ancestors was simply a shoebox filled with faded photos, postcards, and letters. But what we leave online can be used by anyone when we are gone, until authorities figure out a way to extend privacy legislation to our digital afterlife.

The worst-case scenario is that your
photos (including photos of your own) may end up in commercial or political messages or your identity used for fradulent e-mails. At the least, your friends and loved ones with continue to be confronted with things like unexpected birthday reminders and "friend" suggestions.

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The more active you are online, the
more there is at stake. How about the
photos you uploaded to Flickr? What
you leave behind years’ worth of activities, comments, and tweets
on social media? They will not disappear with you, and if you don't prepare -by making your passwords available to your loved ones so that they can close your account when you pass away-those posts will remain public.