[hlehmann]

My brother passed a few years ago. I was able to "memorialize" his Facebook account, or whatever they call that term. Found a link on their web site, uploaded a scanned copy of the death certificate, and within a day or so the title to his page was changed to something like "Remembering Joe Blow..." People could still post on his page, but nobody could log in under his name (just in case his account got hacked or something). It was pretty easy to do.

[800xl]

My mother recently passed away after a long battle with dementia. Apparently when she would forget an account existed or she could not log in she would create another account. She had multiple email addresses and Facebook profiles that I know of.

I’ve been able to get Facebook to close a couple of her profiles but for the rest they keep asking for the same documentation over and over again (death certificate and funeral booklet) but will not take any action.

[telesilla]

Wouldn't it be fairly easy to fake a certificate? I wonder what process they have in place to avoid false flagging.

[aeonik]

Yeah, and Facebook is the least of your concerns.

Defcon talk about the security of death certificates, and what happens to your life if you are targeted by this attack.

https://youtu.be/9FdHq3WfJgs?si=gZ0f0ZmWSKlmCd1j