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.

“It won't connect, it says it's already linked to an account”
Google Play · 5/5 · 2026-08-13

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 2582676349

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256): 0abce97026eaf431a184dff1cb636b086551757a36012eed9df022659271d1db
Signature (Ed25519, base64): Ze5EuX4I9STQFr/Fooh8ZUP3W1vDFA+e5hmgwjkeRAyrmZ9QTTYUncUEJa+Rttm8bLqaN0buXXVAq9kRXV9nDg==
Merkle root: 17ead47648ad229fc265a299c31080897702755719af6ea46a92bd0f863a72f5
Merkle path: ["0abbfb477b27ebbbbce2edee5972e2caf54336f5eee38ef9d5700f4aad83410c","c5bad9fd7d90268807e2c345d07b1785e16206080cc7583c98b134acdf1e6d59","2d7630859773d451e953d1620c67f869385547a50540a023cf4b78520a44d31a","4d11ab5bb504171b0b1a2d2e558da6c11517c3b019be64fbebfda1242244635f","9acde8de1d1e9d8cc2cde3855ee62c02da0bd48d9d5388651e4fae56a2d5d059","391c4a82fc6a3f2da6898204465a03aef984ad8a7b7d714f0cdaf046306b5541","c0dfb6923829a9d268a4be863d63b9bdef1dae2b08209491083abf29a3167da6","2f25ea6a66bddb48bf9df2b652d18e41486a0023e65a42b183a4d9c21aaeba19","f4e6f7d0135b0b03ff0df3df46b7c7bbe491a062a8df0601cbda638386adbeba","5ee7214c6bb739e76682023ac4eecb563d9c31ab7178ca19175f23123a73c297","e967156bf8f1053b44a93cc7bf3c2cfd6d745cef49a42ffcbbdd598e63b20e59","1cf59c983850e9ee5fd3d8daad0a014a5e2bd7bfd0c3362ddff5f9f819d1aa5a","336a8907cbcc3bea9194d40dd39c23663d5179127ea696df24cb3fdc58724658","61f86e7e32fb75a7c0d054f2c3716920afb9a96763fa26840e5df9515d9f0dbb","60dd9429d44a63e544ca9f093ed5983c0d1f3e76b5c5c255137e28b3e5a7042e"]
Anchored: 2026-08-25
Public log entry: search.sigstore.dev, log index 2582676349 · entry 108e9186e8c5677a0952…
Expected log hash: 698b150c88f0ec819e6f02a719a6b4a58821d2cb801810f732495f2566d7069b 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":"v1787631090886","kind":"published-quote","locale":"en","page":"subtheme:proton/ordering/account-login/en","quote":"It won't connect, it says it's already linked to an account","rating":5,"review_date":"2026-08-13","source":"Google Play","source_url":"https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ch.protonvpn.android","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 (17ead47648ad…), 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.