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 ### Authentication
 
-If `view.json` contains an element called `auth`, it is assumed to be an array of strings, each of which are a 32-character [Digest authentication](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digest_access_authentication) HA1 strings for the realm `owntracks-recorder`, for example:
+If `view.json` contains an element called `auth`, it is assumed to be an array of strings, each of which are a 32-character [Digest authentication](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digest_access_authentication) SHA1 strings for the realm `owntracks-recorder`, for example:
 
 ```json
 "auth" : [ "225544f9acf99d18a8880c5ce844f303", "ba69e267302a7ef98e0862b9aae68cab" ]