Thomas Crampton has a fascinating video interview with Lilian Edwards of panGloss on the subject of what happens to your online identity like Facebook When You Die. He wrote notes on the interview on his blog here. What intrigued me was the emergence of online services like (free) Dead Man’s Switch which will send a bunch of e-mails to whoever you want if you don’t respond to some regular ping. A more commercial option is Legacy Locker which,
is a safe, secure repository for your vital digital property that lets you grant access to online assets for friends and loved ones in the event of loss, death, or disability.
They use “Verifiers” as in people you trust to confirm if you are dead or disabled. They also offer more services.
An alternative is to add an envelop with a list of your passwords to your will. I’m also told that you should explicitly will your domain names to your heirs if you don’t want them contested. (Who would contest “theoreti.ca”?)