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 subscription is particularly difficult to cancel through Apple.”
Google Play · 1/5 · 2026-08-08

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 2680681799

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256): 12652082f8229dec6a8f9da8b1978545050114a516171bcb9362e52cdeca2158
Signature (Ed25519, base64): kCFoTZu++UaDYTAm2Gq2ibJ7HtQycwbRM/9TXH4dQqgt8LZnawgOy1rv6tLHxE+9WWi0FZuDVWsuvCD63nlmBQ==
Merkle root: e880a518ba68bfe85ddff87a241b258528b2896d8ce031c201c4697c0b7d2205
Merkle path: ["12656a755a5db30aa1a1f6a27cb9cbf70e1f2a51ef54cf0bb804c55726a4249a","de1e55ab8fa29abd40cd0040baeb1fe49c4b74fd0e9dd792f7f6aa414331d7fd","9c40924160b05df1b89dd9d00584c41c0d4b2a15196b425e01e3de072aa2c3c5","2453087f2c5a1cd8f13de4fff77459ea14aea8516fb7431548c95fe41cb32ba7","3205f5a0dd56801aaaf9341fb80ceaa87f50e8297c5e19ed8019bf32013ca810","29685ebc35680fa58c5d039ddbfc909eff3203ebb371d9870df10eea6f30d528","16f4562cc90925bf1dc376142e8552981fccd4d670852ccf483547f00700f846","5a23e5d9e3831fbcd8c1cbf121497dde845e444432400ae212c9c67490aa17dd","8ce734f9db231e1ff7fed9689bc8f971d14135a448e2b61e4b3a15a4243a4230","715aad56376858d8437b61398788421560befea2e95f91eeb7cbfbf3bddda275","aa45589d359646fdc7cb3b7100f296d51531a91bb30633303107ad8c4d1f5594","8abd4d5b06b87286affaa0cf89ccbc72d6059bcba0e452912cc764aa4f8b3a91","0e6818b49626845facd47486279f7e4a6689ed0beda657d93a969ab184e1e0de","8c997d59f41540bab49c6414578aed00ec9a73fd31959523b43a0af5a2eb1e86","269c643459740a67a842bbee9fda4a35b5098a4f015e508a69431212a0912770"]
Anchored: 2026-09-01
Public log entry: search.sigstore.dev, log index 2680681799 · entry 108e9186e8c5677adf7a…
Expected log hash: 23ab6878cbb153d06d6958de44ea3fafe32bd61b03ba95bcd26de9e09248aedb 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":"v1788297623062","kind":"published-quote","locale":"en","page":"theme:audible/returns/en","quote":"The subscription is particularly difficult to cancel through Apple.","rating":1,"review_date":"2026-08-08","source":"Google Play","source_url":"https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.audible.application","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 (e880a518ba68…), 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.