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New Site Helps Control Your Digital Legacy

By Harry Kimball, Newser Staff

Posted Apr 7, 2009 5:14 PM CDT

(Newser) – How much is your digital self worth to you? At least one new website is betting it’s enough that you might want to pass on that value after you die, Mashable reports. Legacy Locker, which launches today, allows you to designate caretakers to take control of your YouTube videos, Flickr photos, email and other stuff stored on social-networking and other sites once you're gone. Think of it as virtual estate planning.

Now, wills can gift the gift of "tiger picture." (AP Photo)

An image captured from YouTube. (AP Photo)

Legacy Locker's home page. (Legacy Locker)

This is where your legacy lies, says Legacy Locker. (AP Photo)

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