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.

“Same connection problem.”

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 3258071454

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256)

0f6531b665d71caa329dfcad73598b0006f0413aacb3784b6f24a0121d02fc21

Signature (Ed25519, base64)

hv4qpruhtcjZMr5DfvfVwFznGH85lJ97qBIh5XXG3jegUt0SLwKO6il4ZbtmzMuKtJmkvHyqR9zfK6k/jU1/DA==

Merkle root

3286418fc06d25de584969d1d1d5f4b079918bf6b5a5178364cae8b78bb351b2

Merkle path

["0f68cb06b134e09e6bc93b836ffafe937b0491630e1fefed87575d40e0fbd62e","d81a94f566e10faf3211674394c6aa2a32f7ba14c10143503063ab380fd4ddd4","36a95427671a008d499535670d2ab9740f19706f6288fd12911df8ec590d51b9","f8c709e63ce94d774abe8f3fe9bbac36066b9b2dfb8d30396896f4e1324ecdee","058b02cbe0132727aeb7449a4544e6416cde4a140fdb99dd86b9f0c824c25c11","8eb451189e00323abe866ce78fefa4e70d7b86c1e9c564c110ae394913fdfbf1","b0e54edf5401f0a5c75a7f8941177ecec6993c9b0ab514de682019aaff2a1fb1","8d9b8a8667ba51b1c2e89af52b451926f7461b4bd94ca72b11151b5bc87bbfbc","e8cce96b8cbc8a736af82337c9df4ba1c503afe965ac9f283adee8aa7c3ec17d","68d094d935a776853d351bd8b2d015b0360b21ecf82fe1a792eb4b0a2ccdba45","494224fbb45fd428f77fcc9951207b1e46e2d1ab087e71efa7665425c9a98e92","49e05cfef927266c6a609e22c205c5fdf538ab222e94c5e3282700418f88dfb5","d9800b1b87d047478eeb89f8a1dda19593d3b273c40fa6d591a1b944763f5e83","b4d8773b8032d1dec9dc6fa4ba1d52baf4d9efac6a7cb542ab0617b855dc5284"]

Anchored

2026-10-15

Public log entry

search.sigstore.dev, log index 3258071454 · entry 108e9186e8c5677ae2ee…

Expected log hash

f9026b3bdc4a2e986a01140b2370b0ce9ec3e7c9353055dd7c9909c6a9941809 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":"v1792030101458","kind":"published-quote","locale":"en","page":"brand:pia","quote":"Same connection problem.","rating":1,"review_date":"2026-05-18","source":"Google Play","source_url":"https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.privateinternetaccess.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 (3286418fc06d…), 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.