Some people can just never give up Facebook, even when they're in the grave. Want to Facebook when you croak? Well, there's an app for that.
It's called "If I Die" and was created by an Israeli start-up company that specializes in time capsule products.
So here's how it works. The free app lets you leave a Facebook message behind that isn't posted until you are officially in the morgue.
The app asks the question? "What will you leave behind?"
The creators suggest you share a life story, or even a secret you have never share before. How does the app know you're dead? It doesn't. You appoint three trustees from your Facebook friends lost, who will be messaged when you die.
Only when those three have confirmed your death will your final message be passed on, either as a video or a text message.
The app already has 5,000 'likes' on Facebook.
Facebook already offers a "memorial service", once it's confirmed someone has passed, and only friends can see that page.
"We try to protect the deceased's privacy by removing sensitive information such as contact information and status updates," said Facebook in a blog update.
What do you think about the app? Would you use it?
Viewers serve up their thoughts:
Rick writes: Wow! That's weird and creepy. I thought of writing a letter, sealing it, and to have it opened after I die so I guess that's the same thing right?
Eva writes: ok, now that's just creepy!!! lol :)
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