The article mentions the woman having a password "she's forgotten". That seems like an important point.

The issue of data and inheritance is a mess though. My father passed away suddenly and unexpectedly a month ago, and I basically had to hack into his electronic devices so I could get his writings out (he was a writer) for my older brother to have as memories - and in the process, even though I tried to respect his privacy as much as possible, I could have seen things he might not have wanted me to.

We don't even have photography albums or home videos like we used to, it's all behind passwords and biometric security now.