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[–] Doomsider@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

You bring up a lot of good points.

Apparently there are some rights that exist beyond death. Currently HIPAA protection after death for medical privacy only extends fifty years.

So it does appear the argument is pretty moot.

Here is an interesting read on the matter.

https://aeon.co/essays/do-we-have-a-right-to-medical-privacy-after-we-are-dead