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<label>
    <input type="checkbox" data-bind="checked: hasChecked" />Tick me!
</label>
<div>
    hasChecked: <span data-bind="text: hasChecked"></span>
</div>

function ViewModel() {
    var self = this;
    self.hasChecked = ko.observable(false);
}

ko.applyBindings(new ViewModel());