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.

“the connection even after setting for US only has its issues.”

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 2594412582

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256)

09b4f9f7ed87c254e15d660e16a2c7caf1fb4ef52ef97c77a198fff90520f8f5

Signature (Ed25519, base64)

w71RnnJMm62vJxDPs7rd1+H1fOnRm4PyqQlBgeUYyti2u1E7AVo1iKEYdg75Wu23WFVyp1O/5wnYrPgYNX1tCA==

Merkle root

d414e521fef9d6d099989fa0d693684c20b42a89a12033fe1adae5ceadc28160

Merkle path

["09b3d6685fd2b14d8b1a0ed691fb3bfc8b1d46981b3a63874eb892f72b2ff3bc","034f5e1de3112a35ee18a52f305729246822cc849d416c223e1cf21ff19c7db4","186ed496a708331acb8ae3416050bcfd6a349c62f4d68e62abde8175c2d9b482","3ac0d5df6f6dcc44aad45ebd424f0464c768d7b05af34128e5cf70a97288bd36","6f4fa9ce7d7717d33da9308ebc2380b02f43ff76e2fda6c47f4c9f68c355b1da","109b1b9a3598328a9a915d426fefe4b36c1133f7c3391b250fcc0277aca25173","f721ce8910f20fa34eff1f0221123993767eb96b2a654f950eac0fd6d308eec9","23ad77f0ba2f5af6875dbcc56ab7f3eeac68fd0547ed3b76bf63ce50b8a14ba2","796e2c89b95ad6e634637d8fa001ddbefd2916459df4921acc032faece01d770","389245764703bb8694756924d2296cd6e1198bc1dc374c17fb3186520e511500","713e2470ca565502037bfa6fe266ee97cdbfa1a52a7fbcbd3e73fa59f3ecf10d","8fae7514a4924bfe0cf5e60743f69291a922a54a6ba19c537fba85dd4397db12","f77efd58ae82cd437163ba9ab021e9fb524c058feb0d1f3bc5d429c056be2720","dd85a03194c1b09d93a4be119d3146825d20c9e375d143636eff256904ff3e25","d9bed3bb20fbc734967be09c1cd24ec9d5bb72fd1e4fdf84e6057ce858f8bc78"]

Anchored

2026-08-26

Public log entry

search.sigstore.dev, log index 2594412582 · entry 108e9186e8c5677aea33…

Expected log hash

b1897d255cf944fc063c3044a4546ab02c40327197d891ce843dc1c45c2dff03 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":"v1787713855428","kind":"published-quote","locale":"en","page":"subtheme:proton/service/server-locations-availability/en","quote":"the connection even after setting for US only has its issues.","rating":3,"review_date":"2026-08-10","source":"Google Play","source_url":"https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ch.protonvpn.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 (d414e521fef9…), 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.