This tool lets you bequeath your Google account to a trusted person when you die — here's how to set it up

If you've ever worried about what would befall your Gmail, photos, documents, YouTube videos, and other digital data in the event of a terrible accident or your own death, you're not alone. 

It's a little dark to think about, but the good news is that Google has your back.

The service offers a feature that will bequeath your Google account and all of its contents to up to 10 pre-selected trustees, and even let you set your account to self-delete after an extended period of inactivity. 

Here's how to set it up:

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To get started, you'll want to make sure you're logged in to your Google account, and find your Account settings.

Click on the tile menu, and "Account" should be the very first module in the drop-down window. 

From your the landing page for your account settings, you'll want to click "Personal info and privacy."

Google doesn't really advertise this feature, and bury it pretty deeply among the dozens of other account customizations, making it feel like the morbid needle in a settings haystack. 

From here, you'll have to scroll almost all the way down the page, until you see the section titled "Assign an account Trustee." On the right side, you'll see an entry to the "Inactive Account Manager." Go ahead and click "CHANGE THIS SETTING" to set it up.

This page doesn't include any mentions of the word "death" or establishing a virtual will of all your Google data, but trust me, that's what we're doing. 

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The 'secret sister' gift exchange on Facebook is actually an illegal pyramid scheme (FB)

• There's yet another spammy chain mail post circulating on Facebook — and this one is actually illegal.
• "Secret sister" promises that you'll get 36 gifts, in return for only buying one.
• But it's actually an illegal pyramid scheme, and law enforcement is warning about it.

There's a "secret sister" gift exchange circulating on Facebook, that promises that participants will receive up to 36 gifts while only giving one of their own.

It sounds too good to be true, and (unsurprisingly!) it is. And it's not just a dubious idea — it's actually an illegal pyramid scheme.

It has been circulating in some form since at least 2015, and has had a resurgence in the run up to the holiday season, prompting at least one local police force to issue a fresh warning. So how does it work?

It spreads via a Facebook post advertising the exchange (36 gifts in exchange for 1!) and asking six people to join in. When someone does so, they're sent a message asking them to: 1) Send a gift worth $10 to the "secret sister #1," the first name on a list they're given, 2) Move the person currently in second place on that list — the person who made the post they responded to — into first place, 3) Put their own name in second place. 4) Re-post the public Facebook post to their own profile, and recruit six more people to do the same thing they just did.

If there's 100% recruitment and participation, then the poster receives 36 gifts, as each of the six people they recruited recruits six more people who sends them gifts. 

But it only works up to a point. It's a pyramid scheme, reliant on a constant inflow of new members to pay old members their promised gifts. This means the people at the bottom have to lose out eventually — as there's only a finite number of people in the world.

As such, it's not just inadvisable to participate, it's outright illegal.

Earlier this week, the Wauwatosa Police Department in Wisconsin posted a warning on Facebook about the scam, and linking to an article from the US Better Business Bureau (BBB) about the problems with "secret sister" schemes.

"The U.S. Postal Inspection Services says that gift exchanges are illegal gambling and that participants could be subject to penalties for mail fraud," the BBB wrote. 

"Pyramid schemes are illegal, either by mail or on social media, if money or other items of value are requested with assurance of a sizeable return for those who participate."

A Facebook spokesperson did not immediately respond to Business Insider's request for comment.

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'A s---show in a dumpster fire': Attorney George Conway, husband of Kellyanne Conway, rails against the Trump administration

• Attorney George Conway, husband of White House counselor Kellyanne Conway, railed against the Republican Party and President Donald Trump during an interview with Yahoo News.
• "I don't feel comfortable being a Republican anymore," Conway said on a Yahoo News podcast. "I think the Republican Party has become something of a personality cult."
• Conway, who declined an offer to lead the Justice Department's civil division in June 2017, said he had reservations about taking a role within the Trump administration, which he described as a "s---show in a dumpster fire."

Attorney George Conway, husband of White House counselor Kellyanne Conway, railed against the Republican Party and President Donald Trump during an interview with Yahoo News' podcast "Skullduggery."

"I don't feel comfortable being a Republican anymore," Conway said on the podcast. "I think the Republican Party has become something of a personality cult."

Conway described Trump's tweets criticizing Attorney General Jeff Sessions and the ongoing indictments of Republican lawmakers Duncan Hunter and Chris Collins as "appalling," and a sharp deviation from political norms.

"We're talking about someone who has sworn an oath to uphold the Constitution and laws of the United States," Conway said, "and to criticize the attorney general for permitting justice to be done without regard to political party is very disturbing."

Conway, a litigator for the New York-based law firm Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, was reportedly the front-runner candidate to lead the Justice Department's civil division. Conway declined the offer in June 2017, saying at the time that although he would "continue to support the president and his administration," it was not "the right time to leave the private sector."

Conway said he had reservations about Trump's relationship with the Justice Department as he was considering the offer.

"I'm filling out the financial forms and it's like — I forget what time of year it was, it was like late April — man, I'm thinking," Conway said on "Skullduggery."

"I'm watching this thing, and it's like the administration is like a s---show in a dumpster fire. And I'm like, 'I don't want to do that. I don't know.'"

"And then you got the Comey firing, and then you got [Trump] going on TV saying, 'I had Russia on my mind,' and it's like, 'Oh, no,'" Conway said, referring to Trump's 2017 firing of FBI director James Comey, who was investigating Russia's meddling in the 2016 US presidential election.

"And then I'm driving home one day from New York, and it's like 'Robert Mueller appointed special counsel,' and then I realized, this guy is going to be at war with the Justice Department."

Conway has not been shy about his views toward the Trump administration. In tweets and opinion columns, he has criticized the Trump White House in matters relating to the Justice Department and jurisprudence, among other things.

This week, Conway organized a high-profile group of conservative and libertarian attorneys called "Checks and Balances," which provided "a voice and a network for like-minded attorneys" who believe the Trump administration has compromised the rule of law.

Conway said he considers Trump to be "the lesser evil" when compared to Hillary Clinton, as part of his calculus on voting for him in the 2016 presidential election. Conway said he was unsure whether he would vote for him again, adding that "If faced with the choice again, I'd probably move to Australia."

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An Arizona couple will have to pay Nintendo over $12 million for running websites that offered free downloads of classic video games

• Nintendo of America was recently awarded a $12.23 million dollar judgement in federal court against a married Arizona couple accused of copyright infringement.
• Jacob and Cristian Mathias allegedly acknowledged they operated websites that distributed free, unofficial copies of Nintendo video games along with software that emulates Nintendo consoles.
• The websites at the center of the lawsuit, LoveROMs.com and LoveRETRO.co, offered free games to more than 17 million visitors per month.
• The pair reportedly agreed to the judgement rather than face a lengthy court battle and even more potential damages owed to Nintendo.

A married Arizona couple will be responsible for paying $12.23 million dollars to Nintendo of America after being accused of copyright infringement in federal court.

In July, Nintendo filed a complaint against Jacob Mathias and Mathias Designs LLC in the U.S. District Court of Arizona, accusing the two of operating the websites LoveROMS.com and LoveRETRO.co, both of which distributed unauthorized downloads of Nintendo video games and software.

According to court documents obtained by TorrentFreak, Jacob's wife, Cristian Mathias, was later named and added to the complaint following the original lawsuit' filing.

Though the site was taken offline shortly after the complaint was filed, LoveROMS was one of the most popular emulation websites on the internet, bringing in 17 million visitors a month, according to the court documents cited by TorrentFreak. The site offered unofficial downloads for hundreds of retro video games from Nintendo and other publishers, along with emulation software to make the games playable on a computer.

According to the report, Nintendo's original complaint suggested that Mathias Designs should be responsible for paying $150,000 per Nintendo game hosted on the site, and $2,000,000 for each violated trademark. This would have been the maximum awarded damages allowed by law, and with LoveROMs hosting hundreds of Nintendo games, the damages could've mounted to more than $100 million.

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Instead of arguing their case in court, the court documents cited by TorrentFreak say the couple acknowledged running the sites and entered into settlement talks with Nintendo. They ultimately agreed to the final judgement of $12,230,000 issued on November 9th, according to the report.

Nintendo's legal action against LoveROMs has led other emulation sites to reconsider their practices, with some choosing to go offline preemptively following the complaint. As Nintendo and other gaming companies work to monetize their back catalogs with new digital versions of classic titles, unofficial software downloads will continue to be a threat to their business model.

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The hacker who targeted XBox Live and PlayStation Network is facing 10 years in jail for knocking the gaming networks offline

• In 2013, several video game companies were targeted by denial-of-service (DoS) attacks that limited access to their online services and forced them offline in some cases.
• The attacks triggered an FBI investigation centered on the Twitter account @DerpTrolling, which had announced the attacks in advance.
• Austin Thompson, 23-year-old, a native of Utah, pled guilty to one count of damage to a protected computer, which carries a prison sentence of up to 10 years, and a maximum fine of $250,000.

A Utah-based hacker who targeted several of the big gaming networks, including PlayStation Network and Xbox Live, temporarily knocking them offline and boasting about it, is facing a 10-year jail sentence.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of California announced earlier this week that Austin Thompson, 23, had entered a guilty plea for one count of damage to a protected computer following an investigation by the FBI's San Diego field office.

Operating under the Twitter handle @DerpTrolling, Thompson made a sport of incapacitating popular online gaming networks with denial-of-service attacks when he was a teenager, between December 2013 and January 2014.

Denial-of-service (DoS) attacks intentionally flood the target's servers with more traffic than they can handle, preventing access for regular users and possibly forcing the service offline.

The plea agreement describes how Thompson would announce the attacks in advance via the @DerpTrolling Twitter account and later share screenshots and more tweets as evidence of a successful attack.

Took 10% of our network to take down the entirety of Sony's California location, they were forced to null route 69.174.194.165. #nulled

— Derp Trolling (@DerpTrolling) January 1, 2014

Multiple online gaming services, including Xbox Live, PlayStation Network, Steam, and League of Legends were targeted by @DerpTrolling. The attacks resulted in significant downtime and delays, and the U.S Attorney reports at least $95,000 in damages as a result of Thompson's actions.

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There's still no stated motive for the DoS attacks. The DerpTrolling account seemed satisfied with disrupting online gaming and creating chaos, going so far as to take requests from followers. The U.S. Attorney's office states that Thompson is 23-years-old, which would make him 18 at the time of the crime.

Damage to a protected computer is a federal felony charge and Thompson could face up to 10 years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000 with three years supervised release. Thompson's sentencing is set for March 1st, 2019.

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El Chapo's trial sees 27 jurors dismissed — some for the most bizarre reasons

• 27 out of 60 potential jurors screened to be on drug-kingpin El Chapo's case were dismissed, and some for bizarre reasons. 
• El Chapo's indictment lists 17 counts, and he pleaded not guilty to them all in January 2017. Opening statements will be read on Tuesday.
• El Chapo is the leader of the Mexican "Sinaloa Cartel," and was extradited to the United States from Mexico in January, 2017.
• Frome eating Chapo-themed bagels to impersonating Michael Jackson, truly unusual circumstances have held back jurors from serving on the case. 

A 12-person jury has been confirmed for the trial of drug kingpin Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzman — but 27 out of the 60 potential jurors had to be dismissed, some for bizarre reasons.

US District Judge Brian Cogan is overseeing jury selection, and made public why people had been dismissed during selection which lasted from Monday to Wednesday. 

One man, who reportedly asked the court clerk to help him get El Chapo's autograph, was dismissed on Monday because he admitted: "I'm a bit of a fan."

Just before he was sent packing, El Chapo's lawyer, Jeffrey Lichtman, asked prosecutors to let the man join the jury, regardless of wanting an autograph, Reuters said.

Lichtman's justification was: "I have the autograph of Charles Manson, and the two leaders of Hamas, and obviously I'm not a big fan of them," the news agency reported. 

Another man up for selection was sent home as he told the court he often ordered a bagel sandwich called the "El Chapo" at his local deli, CNN reported.

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Another of the 27 potential jurors dismissed was let go because he was a Michael Jackson impersonator, Reuters reported, which Judge Cogan though may allow people to identify him.

Several people were rejected for more serious reasons, because they were scared, CNN said. 

This included one woman, who read a news report saying El Chapo had promised not to kill jurors and it had made her anxious about being on the jury, according to Reuters. 

A Justice Department summary document about the case, calls El Chapo: "The most notorious drug trafficker in the world."

The seven women and five men on the jury are to remain anonymous throughout the case, which could last four months, Associated Press reported.

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Nearly all the jurors who were ultimately selected said they knew who Guzman was, but could still make impartial decisions, CNN reported. 

El Chapo is the leader of the Mexican "Sinaloa Cartel," and was extradited to the United States from Mexico on January 19, 2017, after he busted out of two Mexican prisons, and was captured again.

He faces 17 counts in his indictment, including "participating in an international conspiracy to manufacture and distribute cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine and marijuana."

He pleaded not guilty in January 2017. Opening statements will be read on Monday.

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Jeff Sessions got a spirited send-off as he left the Justice Department after stepping down as attorney general

• Attorney General Jeff Sessions received a standing ovation as he left the Justice Department building following his forced resignation on Wednesday.
• President Donald Trump asked Sessions to resign, just hours after the close of what has been a heated midterm-election season.
• "It's been an honor, sir," acting attorney general Matthew Whitaker said to Sessions.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions received a standing ovation as he left the Justice Department building following his forced resignation on Wednesday.

Sessions reportedly shook hands with acting attorney general Matthew Whitaker, his former chief of staff, amid a crowd of around 150 people.

"It's been an honor, sir," Whitaker said to Sessions, according to the Associated Press.

Sessions waved and thanked the crowd, at one point giving them a thumbs-up. Other senior Justice Department officials, including deputy attorney general Rod Rosenstein and solicitor general Noel Francisco, were also reportedly at the send-off.

After months-long reports of a frayed relationship with Trump, the former attorney general offered his resignation in an undated letter.

Two months after Trump became president, Sessions attracted his ire after recusing himself from special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation.

Sessions, who backed Trump early on in his 2016 presidential campaign, cited a Justice Department regulation that prohibits officials from investigating campaigns they were involved in.

Trump publicly berated Sessions in fiery statements and tweets as the months dragged on, fueling rumors Sessions would be on his firing line. According to Washington Post journalist Bob Woodward's book, "Fear: Trump in the White House," Trump made pointed remarks against Sessions, such as calling him "mentally retarded" and "dumb Southerner."

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Jeff Sessions has left the building. He exited to a crowd of at least 150 applauding DOJ employees. He shook hands with new acting AG Matt Whitaker, DAG Rod Rosenstein, SG Noel Francisco, and Civil Division head Jody Hunt. He gave a thumbs up and got into a waiting SUV pic.twitter.com/JOmVlAs2vz

— Zoe Tillman (@ZoeTillman) November 7, 2018

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As the corporate world deals with executive scandals, so-called 'Weinstein Misconduct Clauses' remain rare in M&A deals (INTL, GOOGL)

• Sexual misconduct allegations have unseated plenty of powerful people and caused headaches for the people involved.
• Despite this, dealmakers have been slow to add in so-called "Weinstein Misconduct Clauses," which protect M&A buyers from making a deal with a team that is hiding executive misconduct, according to a survey by the law firm
• Just 28% of executives surveyed by the law firm Dykema said that they participated in a deal where a misconduct clause was proposed.

From Intel to Google, sexual misconduct scandals have unseated powerful executives and caused a lot of pain to many people. 

Such scandals can be particularly problematic in the M&A space, where buyers take on risks financially and in reputation — sometimes without having all of the information before signing the deal. Executives are often seen as an asset to a company, so if one gets pushed out for misconduct, that devalues the acquisition. And past misconduct, as well as potential future misbehavior, opens the new owner up to risk of legal action and puts them at risk of making expensive payouts.

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Despite all of this, legal protections for buyers seem to be rare.

Less than a third of executives have been involved in a deal with so-called "Weinstein Misconduct Clause," according to a new survey from the business law firm Dykema.

"Weinstein Misconduct Clauses" — named by Dykema for Harvey Weinstein, the now-infamous Hollywood film producer whose alleged misconduct was widely reported last year — are legally-binding assurances for the company's leadership. 

These clauses effectively certify for the buyer that the leadership team of the company they're acquiring hasn't been accused of sexual harassment or misconduct.

Only 28% of the 203 US-based senior executives surveyed said they were involved in an M&A deal where a misconduct clause was proposed, "suggesting that the #MeToo movement may not have yet reached middle-market M&A to a substantial degree," according to the report.

Of the respondents who participated in deals with such a clause, almost 9 out of 10 had a "knowledge qualifier," which held the sellers liable only if they didn't disclose misconduct that was known to the company.

Whether these clauses will grow in popularity is still to be seen, but what is clear is that sexual misconduct will continue to be a factor in corporate M&A. 

On Thursday, Business Insider reported on allegations of sexual assault against the former CEO of Apttus, who left the company just two months before the private equity firm Thoma Bravo acquired a majority stake in the startup.

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'I was angry, and I sent it out': One of Brett Kavanaugh's accusers admits to fabricating her sexual-assault claim, congressional investigators say

• Senate Judiciary Committee investigators said that a woman who claimed to be the author of an anonymous sexual-assault allegation against Justice Brett Kavanaugh had "fabricated" her story.
• Republican Sen. Grassley of Iowa said his committee had investigated the allegations made by Judy Munro-Leighton, a Kentucky woman who claimed she was the author of an anonymous letter that detailed graphic sexual-assault allegations.
• The "Jane Doe" in the letter claimed that Kavanaugh and his friend "sexually assaulted and raped me in his car," but provided no timeframe of the incident, and no return address.
• Investigators were able to find Munro-Leighton due to her "relatively unique name," and determined she was an "activist ... decades older than Judge Kavanaugh."
• Munro-Leighton, who had never met Kavanaugh in person, "admitted, contrary to her prior claims, that she had not been sexually assaulted by Judge Kavanaugh and was not the author of the original 'Jane Doe' letter,'" Grassley's office said.
• Grassley urged the FBI and attorney general to give "utmost consideration" to the case, but added that Munro-Leighton's fabricated allegations should not discount sexual assault claims that were made in "good faith."

Senate Judiciary Committee investigators concluded that a woman who claimed to be the author of an anonymous sexual-assault allegation against Justice Brett Kavanaugh had "fabricated" her accusation, according to a letter from Senate Judiciary chairman Chuck Grassley.

In the letter sent to FBI Director Christopher Wray and Attorney General Jeff Sessions, Republican Sen. Grassley of Iowa said his committee had investigated the allegations made by Judy Munro-Leighton, a woman who claimed she was the author of an anonymous handwritten letter that detailed the graphic sexual assault allegations.

The anonymous, undated letter Munro-Leighton referenced was received by Democratic Sen. Kamala Harris of California in September, and was publicly released with Kavanaugh's testimony on the Committee's website on September 26. The "Jane Doe" in the letter claimed that Kavanaugh and his friend "sexually assaulted and raped me in his car," but provided no timeframe of the incident, and no return address.

"Jane Doe will get no media attention," Munro-Leighton wrote in an email, according to Grassley's office. "But I am deathly afraid of revealing any information about myself or my family."

Investigators were able to find Munro-Leighton due to her "relatively unique name," and determined she resided in Kentucky. According to their findings, they deduced that she was what they described as a "left-wing activist," who is "decades older than Judge Kavanaugh."

After being interviewed by investigators on Thursday, Munro-Leighton, who had never met Kavanaugh in person, "admitted, contrary to her prior claims, that she had not been sexually assaulted by Judge Kavanaugh and was not the author of the original 'Jane Doe' letter,'" Grassley's office said.

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"No, no, no. I did that as a way to grab attention," Munro-Leighton said to investigators. "I am not Jane Doe ... but I did read Jane Doe's letter. I read the transcript of the call to your Committee ... I saw it online. It was news."

Munro-Leighton, who said she called Congress multiple times to oppose Kavanaugh's nomination to the Supreme Court, also admitted she "just wanted to get attention" and that her actions were "just a ploy."

"I was angry, and I sent it out," Munro-Leighton said of her sexual assault allegation.

Grassley urged the FBI director and attorney general to give the case his "utmost consideration," but added that Munro-Leighton's fabricated allegations should not discount sexual assault claims that were made in "good faith."

"The Committee is grateful to citizens who come forward with relevant information in good faith, even if they are not one hundred percent sure about what they know," Grassley said. "But when individuals intentionally mislead the Committee, they divert Committee resources during time-sensitive investigations and materially impede our work."

"Such acts are not only unfair; they are potentially illegal," Grassley added. "It is illegal to make materially false, fictitious, or fraudulent statements to Congressional investigators."

The accusation from the anonymous letter was one of many that were leveled against Kavanaugh, who would eventually replace Justice Anthony Kennedy on the Supreme Court. Numerous people came forward with accounts of their past experiences with Kavanaugh, which ranged from sexual misconduct to habitual drinking.

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