I see what you&#x27;re saying, and I know that I&#x27;m the odd man out here. My original comment stems mostly from my own messed up familial situation. My parents, (most) siblings and I don&#x27;t get along very well, and I&#x27;m single.<p>If I were to die today I wouldn&#x27;t want my personal photos, online history, or private writing to fall into the hands of my family. Hell, I don&#x27;t really even want my physical assets to go to them (something I really should address in a will one of these days to donate it all to charity).<p>There has been a lot of fighting and backstabbing over who gets what when relatives have died in the past, and the more emotional items (like photographs) have been used to selfishly garner sympathy online through &quot;likes&quot; and &quot;favorites&quot; and it makes me sick. My position is that if you didn&#x27;t make the effort to get to know a person while they were alive, you should lose the privilege of using their private thoughts for your own emotional gain after they&#x27;re gone. And I do realize how selfish that sounds on my part, but in my current position I feel like it&#x27;s justified. If I got a long term partner I would probably change my mind on that.<p>So yes, an opt-in would be ideal <i>for me</i>, but I don&#x27;t think many online companies provide that right now.