[telecom] Leaving Behind the Digital Keys to Financial Lives

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Leaving Behind the Digital Keys to Financial Lives

By PAUL SULLIVAN May 24, 2013

BOB GINSBERG, a retired production manager for an educational publisher, is worried that he does not know any of the logins and passwords for online accounts belonging to his partner or brother and they do not know his.

At 72, he said his concern was not about Facebook or e-mail. It was for their financial lives, which have migrated online, making paper account statements anachronistic. Now, when people die without disclosing their financial affairs to anyone, there is often no paper trail for heirs to follow.

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