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... Read full story »

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