The role of the literary executor has been extended to digital properties, including blog or social networking profile posts in the form of the 'digital executor. The greater ease of production and publication through digital means (as opposed to analog means) has
The term "digital executor" was allegedly coined by Canadian blogger Derek K. Miller (1969-2011), who put forward the idea of digital execution to CBC Radio's Spark podcast in 2007. Since then, a number of services have been established to enable selected survivors of loved ones to carry out duties with the deceased's digital properties, including passwords, accounts, email inboxes, posts and conversations.
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