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Their FAQ has been updated. They do not use a proprietary lockscreen.

  Does Knock use its own proprietary lock screen?
  No. Knock uses Apple's built-in OS X lock screen with our UI on top.

http://www.knocktounlock.com/faq/

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Hmm, that is interesting. I still would like an addressing some of the other very valid concerns here that certain safeguards might not be engaged but if this is true then this is really cool. From elsewhere in this thread there are people saying it doesn't work with certain full-disk encryption setups but that's to be expected I guess. I have it installed, if not always running, and it is a cool app and from what they have said they have planned I will be following it. Thanks for the update!

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