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.

“these platforms can still detect that the IP Address is a VPN”
Apple App Store · 2/5 · 2026-08-30

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 3273209361

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256): 0a6c74fe3a17a74a8c829e6bffc47f02a5ffdcc8dd27d4dd5acaba90cd9ec332
Signature (Ed25519, base64): o/EURDCsDEBU5QvvaFIrX9fGu1L8Ql3FTBlfBvFM4Zxn02OybDAnCKUhtoN+I9mSafPIJk56UdpDchWoRvQyBw==
Merkle root: 6ebb2d3fb78e4a08533ac6b6852f3c84687141ae9b0e78424d88bb4161267bbd
Merkle path: ["0a6d61740e51590f45fb153388df4be45af53f4d2f236eedd566809c323aa2fb","c80062a2769d006b48d0720431f2e8bfb0fd670a18a65e2046132919df20fc91","12fcdcb4b0c3662a949875bd35e4b63ff799c4900df1472f7e00e574c864c2b5","a4fbe5cb3767c62b1d63b295c6765abbfb28f411f171bd700812fe01b1fa927f","b0c0dff8e4fc89b39480315a45c912f4e07a2bd60da8101baf9d384ef3e7f851","26000e9268e78e374ce7029f7f7dea6c2f034b177a8b248b5fc04402c104b36e","f170f0287b32c1964dd17dc14f8d53974f89ef07e8fc5b8bb21e6439d1d044ce","1e54e061f51475a48ba93f70a287e8c4a08d7633d9509486a6ac622145292b32","6c008149614c527c0687f7817a2ff846197114d2d5d90bb365497c3a10eb74aa","160140ac6fae5eb03110da3f1aba9cbe6500a4b5a2c3f92a5b4603d1367d7bba","aa2e036eb98bd52190de0b95f7750b5dc663ed2d2f55dbf32cce04f860e4b44e","fc73c2b0627636c8f676f008d05fbbd4dcfb7ee0af08432d0bea252601b2007e","b2809ea8af334e57adb596cf07ef2c411ca41ee72761a0ae0fbef01d75a71a23","32d6dd564d479cc6b7834d44d5078d8ebc72c40210e72f0d380fac04d2d8e87d"]
Anchored: 2026-10-16
Public log entry: search.sigstore.dev, log index 3273209361 · entry 108e9186e8c5677a732b…
Expected log hash: bdbef22d23477d2ccfe2ed182ce8ec54934b3bae489c9913db850af171e33062 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":"v1792121074379","kind":"published-quote","locale":"en","page":"brand:nordvpn","quote":"these platforms can still detect that the IP Address is a VPN","rating":2,"review_date":"2026-08-30","source":"Apple App Store","source_url":"https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/id905953485?see-all=reviews","v":1}

Verify in the public log

Open the Rekor entry (pre-filled with this proof's log index).
In the entry, compare spec.data.hash.value with the "Expected log hash" above: it is the SHA-256 of the Merkle root string (6ebb2d3fb78e…), which ties this proof's root to the log entry.
Decode spec.signature.publicKey.content from base64: it must equal Citatio's published key at /.well-known/citatio-signing.json.
The entry's integratedTime is the independent timestamp: the root, and with it this quote, existed no later than that moment.
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.