Security experts predict there will be more than 1 billion hacking attempts in 2012 alone. NBC's Tom Costello talks to experts about how to best can protect yourself from increasingly savvy attackers. (TODAY)
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Security experts have predicted more than one billion hacking attempts in 2012, but people remain largely apathetic about their online passwords. There are strategies, however, to avoid having your personal information compromised. NBC's Tom Costello reports. (Nightly News)
Text passwords are unsafe, fingerprints and retinas can be faked. So how do you make an unbreakable password? A Canadian inventor is developing a biometric monitor that fits inside a shoe that he says is unhackable. Doors open for you — and nobody else. Richard Lui and Bob Sullivan report on technology that will change digital security forever. (NBCNews.com)
As more job applicants are asked to provide employers with access to their Facebook accounts, lawmakers are asking the Department of Justice to investigate. TODAY's national investigative correspondent Jeff Rossen reports. (TODAY)
In a bitter divorce case, a Connecticut judge has ordered a couple to swap Facebook and dating site passwords to find out if the accounts contain evidence for the court battle. (TODAY)