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.

“they demonstrably do not care”

Checks (re-run on this request)

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256)
103a0ae40f082bdd54c8110d7bb9e35a6077d4d7dcc4eb7d802e9eb373be3ffa
Signature (Ed25519, base64)
xd1gRhIzzgwFuAP4qXYdMfoKZrEJqVfMJD3PF4pSxAdFkIeQYNyeX1S2v+WgNmHXfJTJh1rYp/8p89GTMDVfCQ==
Merkle root
1b8bd208913fadeacc13aee96871dc2c1b9dc61e733c3f3400ab6ee0e7324443
Merkle path
["1038a637239a6f2ce0cc9d53d31fcb0ed8b510fd041d857802c69192f016c22a","310b3557f98562c78db3f7c6236236cfe2783513136bebb63e1abd502f39da67","1ea8435b0626a982f8ae8124779b065a2a323efb6d6fcd4ecb8263c7184c16f7","a6a2de92121c8b9483f216074558d4d576f8042950cdef32b61e5b5ed222d23c","c91f26bf9d7890dd5534e6f668bac30dc67cadd4c9f1c85e4834436b22e0f909","ca5f34791fb4e3becbd20647960a4506b114b2fa2565d14c9c596caa755a4513","afc4ebf8aab0d4b5c2a458bb58fa73d25bc11a7cff96499aa07960fc671e3f60","c71032fc96be009e4ea0a374985c620f31775547e9d1425f3228164df873c5b2","42c2285ac81502c6ae61c60bbff9777c5543c91d6cb4854f1306dc0f240d25cc","90f9a32b47370c999df0e8f9294fc084f37665e929cd7041733e19c343f7a410","ff008534f234e9e61b8f65e3f4da87ea8db4d0fbe3beb07b0251da81ed528158","ce46eefa0e0d5c2b65c519776432d35a82d07b0bd2abd92776ca37317bcc8f74","acf52e9a767b254023e37fc92bc6a0d81f036d70fec8df47db9f5728533e3c9e","8a5060efafa29fbc64db755e49cfde82194cf6467c7dda5949ed7b058f0a3650","ce07c6a4f0a9b6bd8c624cf5ab7198d339b314b8dcd9468f4437006e846aa076"]
Anchored
2026-08-31
Public log entry
search.sigstore.dev, log index 2657480792 · entry 108e9186e8c5677ae7be…
Expected log hash
ad55c089e6140369414933a3be64660b3e37350199a02055154c25d6001c76a5 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":"v1788145962339","kind":"published-quote","locale":"en","page":"theme:proton/communication/en","quote":"they demonstrably do not care","rating":1,"review_date":"2026-08-07","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 (1b8bd208913f…), 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.