It's not pleasant to think about, but death is a reality.
One company designed a program that allows your social-networking accounts to live on even after you die.
Many of us spend at least a portion of our lives online, and a Silicon Valley startup wants to make sure you don't leave anything behind when you die.
NBC 4's Mike Jackson reported on how you can keep your digital life intact after death.
Adam Burg loves to surf. He's on Twitter. He's got a Facebook page. He buys and sells on eBay and does online banking.
Burg thought about what would happen when he passed on to the great social network in the sky.
He helped start Legacy Locker, a program that stores all your online assets in one place.
When the worst happens, your beneficiaries can get to the information without legal wrangling.
"The average person does not think about loss," said Legacy Locker co-founder Jeremy Toeman.
Toeman does, though.
"As we spend more and more hours online, one person's funny throwing sheep on Facebook is another's four-hour-a-day investment where they have built thousands of friendships and they might want to say something to those people," Toeman said.
It's like a digital safe-deposit box. Legacy Locker keeps everything, and like a will, you choose what is released.
Users also can write online messages to be delivered later.
"In the old days, we'd write letters and leave them with our family or in a safe-deposit box. Today, nobody writes. We only type or texting or whatever," Toeman said.
Whatever you do, you can create a digital legacy.
The service is available for $30 per year or a lifetime fee of $300. You can check out a limited edition at no cost.
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