If the data is not encrypted then all my data can be automatically taken by my spouse and kids, used in any way they want? How is it not scary?
I don't see how this is easily comparable to my monetary properties.
I don't see how this is easily comparable to my monetary properties.
Once someone is the owner of property they are usually free to do whatever they want with it, including giving it away.
This is how property law has worked for literally centuries.
I don't think I'll be caring much about what my spouse is doing with the contents of my hard drive if I'm dead.
It's not "his" data any more, by definition. He's dead. Your capacity to control things in the world, in any way, stops once you are dead. That's what "dead" means!
There are ways to create contracts with the living that will bind them to your (heh) will even after your death. They tend to be pretty complicated, unsurprisingly. But by default someone gets your stuff when you die, and they aren't you and don't necessarily have your opinions.
If you don't like this, well, I guess plan on immortality?