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.

“Turn it on and forget about it”

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 3247778771

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256)

13cddbf7e1513c06147d01c493d716a4cbe3efe937f0eaa1743b1f8fc87637fa

Signature (Ed25519, base64)

h9u1pznHG+Zbu52ZQ6A1HE94ATbSpMZtN8bdNjo1ypcvwFi5GSNwOxKdScCyZWKEQIH3HhgfYVOTgdpVopNhBA==

Merkle root

85ce153ffacf452dbbce3fe1023cf2b1831b0714a52ddd4756cd932ee6118eca

Merkle path

["13cbf05f2318d745efe7be9fe59a4cac7f26dc33b523ece5ee46f8bf842fdc63","810b63de909e3e6d8ab671873f642e7712209570c2bfb34cdb7ae4d3078aa597","fe363b91962a96d8ccf76aba39fa32bb8c802db6c0c530a0804e7673e9485452","8290ad18828fbf043844807e49f0dd82ad51def370dc3956baff08f94f745fdd","554c25367d050e15ba8ef84d622064cb6c4a1dcde24c5c13945140a7bf03427a","48689e00b81c6b34b46415786023aa7841f67f8ede4dc8bdf22dc735373f67f3","86ad407834c3972350f584eb1ff880cebc73189d0ba33b17e11efe0236f7f5b9","0d22f0884b61032ce335f65acf7584e81a8c17a5c339515d810df64b39697771","439ecdd5b7a646dfa199864ed6df87785e188f592e4ef6fb51093fc51e1b5391","68c455ff22a3ccd906997c0b12714017662ce15aea34386d62bdd3b62fc2f81d","4aba4c8ff1de29ad0b7aadee5c2e476818f79748c266e2c70c52fb9d0ff85fe7","6c2e1c6197efd563c8b55fe8aee10bf08687b45dabbbd2a77d804d15e7fc26bf","18b18f071e9c71d8c36d555f1bf037316eae5e015564bc049869377ca5d7af3d","18e09dc9351f249cc916f25a12a638ff411aa18455e8056b5bab6122f75e7984"]

Anchored

2026-10-14

Public log entry

search.sigstore.dev, log index 3247778771 · entry 108e9186e8c5677a205f…

Expected log hash

d4527e154b8f284d35adc456cc8f260840ef237a57e84e3d79bf64cab7ccc901 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":"v1791943580112","kind":"published-quote","locale":"en","page":"brand:windscribe","quote":"Turn it on and forget about it","rating":5,"review_date":"2026-07-09","source":"Google Play","source_url":"https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.windscribe.vpn","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 (85ce153ffacf…), 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.