Yahoo Japan will erase your digital footprint after you pass away

28 Jul 2014 • engadget.com

What happens to your online life after you’ve passed away? Unless you’ve left your passwords in the will, those Facebook and Twitter profiles will linger on for years to come. If you’d prefer your digital life to be as neatly tidied up as your real one, then Yahoo Japan is offering the solution. The outfit is offering Yahoo Ending, a service that’ll help locals prepare for their funerals in the real world, as well as closing down their social media profiles after notifying followers and friends of their demise.

Not something anyone wants to spend much time thinking about, but probably a subject services should think a little more about. Glad to see Yahoo putting some thought into it.