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What Happens To Your Digital Life When You Die?

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The logo for Facebook appears on screens at the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York.

What happens after you die? This isn't a religious story. It's about your digital afterlife like social media accounts, email and online banking.

Jed Brubaker thinks a lot about this. He's an assistant professor of information science at CU Boulder and has consulted for years with Facebook.