Quote verification

This proves the quote below is recorded by Citatio exactly as displayed and has not been altered since it was committed and anchored. It documents Citatio's crawl observation; it does not imply endorsement by the source platform. The quote links to the original review.

“Just be aware, the subscription renewal process can be confusing.”

Checks (re-run on this request)

• ✓ Signature — Ed25519 signature over the record hash, verified against the public key at /.well-known/citatio-signing.json
• ✓ Merkle inclusion — Leaf recomputed through the sibling path to the anchored root
• ✓ Public transparency log — Sigstore Rekor log index 3272785693

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256)

097f42bcbf3df047ffc0c05a0cca17f91036b9218701418e089250a32d043e37

Signature (Ed25519, base64)

x3Mnz3tnpArv0dSpdJvGjOa+h+Ull6Nd8Zampiq9/qykuopos3rsO7zNjkEsTSnLwnWkkSpAHJXmKtEk4J/7AQ==

Merkle root

42ee8ba4b974d737f78b7f168d0af8ea0510697ac4ab4c6db44b5522bd195660

Merkle path

["097f0d1d92895853d0f67d39edcae41bb211c269d01a66480562e65a62349832","5bf93b6470da6cb0cfacb9a5207c39819487172d4ac1a3083ceafe49492d2116","489b20553498bb7fda8926cddcd0af0ad581ab7707a3dab392da2a0088e69800","0f8d617651492ecdb49ca5c5c45097f26bed24ac7278211b604aa28b343e3f90","b54bda92ab2fe52a35b5c11ffe0f044d344039b9d05ced2cb94d83ab4dced522","ecdc91dc2246739b4df687458db8106eebbcb37028677baceb462e3caeee7e5d","b4caac8971b15e839fed97723810b82b24bddb836dd44f88cb5d4a1cafcd4681","d88bde548cf0c28a8cd1022a658d70e79c2e222e045809301f12e9adac3d65b7","f4525a467f9c2aa16875c9fd93704226a3a84b790ff34736ab3268ef3e1ac718","e63c273a88d8c08d0d42b4f5545e32cd20a9f2831f036a5044715d4fe8d2df2c","d7d6aa0060ddf43900b4c89a5341fdb8b45cbe3c238096077807e6e2f587a8c3","5f15fc19c161cf1b078cec1dbb446ebe0ad796b02ab5da46a3b86356dc6581b7","49dd732b74591111793e90f822c8febb6b4e9dba2f427a61f4d9f7035d4c82e9","c77ac7da32c6d4db47aeb73e606322601c1bed1566533de53bf56d1599928d0e"]

Anchored

2026-10-16

Public log entry

search.sigstore.dev, log index 3272785693 · entry 108e9186e8c5677ad5db…

Expected log hash

3b93391ec0595ab5c0ff73f2540eb1322f56c3c1302e6789c57b97c74423deaf The log entry's spec.data.hash.value must equal this value: the SHA-256 of the Merkle root string above. Recompute it yourself from the root to confirm.

Canonical record

{"dataset_version":"v1792118508353","kind":"published-quote","locale":"en","page":"brand:nordvpn","quote":"Just be aware, the subscription renewal process can be confusing.","rating":5,"review_date":"2026-08-25","source":"Google Play","source_url":"https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nordvpn.android","v":1}

Verify in the public log

1. Open the Rekor entry (pre-filled with this proof's log index).
2. In the entry, compare spec.data.hash.value with the "Expected log hash" above: it is the SHA-256 of the Merkle root string (42ee8ba4b974…), which ties this proof's root to the log entry.
3. Decode spec.signature.publicKey.content from base64: it must equal Citatio's published key at /.well-known/citatio-signing.json.
4. The entry's integratedTime is the independent timestamp: the root, and with it this quote, existed no later than that moment.
5. Locally, without any Citatio infrastructure: SHA-256 the canonical record (must equal the record hash), verify the Ed25519 signature against the public key, and fold the hash through the Merkle path (sorted-pair SHA-256) to reach the anchored root.