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When you're locked out of a deceased spouse's phone with irreplaceable memories

My husband died suddenly and I have been locked out of his phone for three months and I know there are photos of our daughter's first steps in there that only exist on his device.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Digital inheritance creates new forms of grief when precious memories become technologically inaccessible.

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