Do you have children? If not, you will never understand.......
Actually, I do.
I have two.
An 18 y/o daughter and a 22 y/o son.
I know everything I NEED to know as of right now.
If either one of them were to pass on, the last thing I'd be worried about was getting into their emails.
Living with my elderly Mom, who doesn't give me ONE SECOND of privacy, I am especially sensitive to the "privacy" issue.
My children and I are open with each other and hence, don't need to be snooping around in each others affairs.
We recognize also, that there are some things in our lives that don't need to be "common knowledge".
I DO have children, and I understand perfectly. I consider their e-mail accounts private, and wouldn't access them unless there was some very compelling reason to do so (i.e. their safety). It's a simple matter of respect.