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When you die, what happens to the photos on your phone?
Will anyone ever pick up a device and scroll through them?
Are names and dates scrawled on the back in handwriting?
Will anyone ever say “I still have my grandad’s phone, the one he took that picture with”?
Will mother’s gather their children around a tablet to swipe through them?
Will family’s groan when Dad says it’s time to watch a slideshow on TV?
What happens to your digital emphemera when you die?

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