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I've just bought the app just to try it out. It works as advertised. But I was even more interested in security. When you install the Mac application, it will
by louwrentius 13y ago
I've just bought the app just to try it out. It works as advertised. But I was even more interested in security.
When you install the Mac application, it will ask for your computer's password. This password is then stored, as I understand, on your phone.
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When Knock connects to your Mac, it sends your password over that signal using both Bluetooth's built-in encryption and our own proprietary, 1024-bit RSA encryption.
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I think for many users, this is secure enough. This will probably not do if you are more interesting than an average joe.
What I don't like is that 'proprietary' remark. It almost sounds like they wrote their own crypto implementation of RSA 1024. Again: probably safe enough for home use.
I searched on knock unlock in the IOS app store and found it immediately.
It seems that the Knock application also records usage.
Furthermore, I seem to have troubles with sleep, if the computer does not wake from sleep with this app, I'm not sure if I think it's useful.