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 app forces you to create an account.”

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 3199819547

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256)

179f660b4461f7a6a92c5228d77bbac520584a7f1c3885b3e19e913a6233930d

Signature (Ed25519, base64)

KE7kiOU5nS5fgJKbA8FY9XhJRSB33ErPB8zkW4CdHgMDR46335AooDiJZrtSkv2GSPADptGRfEJpUYT8lTOQBQ==

Merkle root

00eb1252356f6576712ea4fb614a5236163b3b1821e2db4cf332fa9ac5a6c4e3

Merkle path

["17a50e4031b97b8a33debcb8cc6915922f7fbc7613f5a84512bac5866891c42c","26aa828fb517e86b60288c88f4f555b82a4185515be2c5a6cb51035fa9bc21e4","7e27c2be939ab7b61cec8b5c25b518e6cbae4587b771e22b632b9f6f5c0f23dc","cba28c3df6764e02c30ca300f17f57253547e20d46928ce831d3bf669f1e719d","27ae36055dc66bc7d6f89644a3439167b43bdc956a71393a41aa86b8212c1bad","78c4c206aacd428396d7561778cd039622fe45d0d711e5b22008a96b46df85b3","f5662b621c6c744ce0fbe7b2628766ef96d3698bbf3182f821cd62c8ee1e617e","1efd7f989cc45b24f68f8c1276c3df644a01fdb1a6feb4b9a00ba0ca996ac3d1","82e02d93166b89d4739b45350cbdf1d72dff3a516af1cd90f7ad6f2a71e3d029","2846a73a6535bd58a4e049e1c03d4d9da98b6771c86cfc13ad98ea8322aa8747","7c2a47d18c854b35e854df94bdb271e2f0c2b405c9a18e1812760cf71ae1ce9c","59df66a914108a429ada69f9b0ec5c7aa11a7c4be311cf526539d0c5d6277105","a7b86baeeff583be985d9b11344856a35a889289dc600aefc4e2b1a3564fefe9","5dec716281725808bed0364df1f1b242a9cce0f53a1e675331a87d799bcee6c1"]

Anchored

2026-10-11

Public log entry

search.sigstore.dev, log index 3199819547 · entry 108e9186e8c5677a0b40…

Expected log hash

54bf23963e2d2d167d69cc8eefdd91558bbc8835be34c5469b6e0b1af30e4d15 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":"v1791691808362","kind":"published-quote","locale":"en","page":"brand:nordvpn","quote":"The app forces you to create an account.","rating":1,"review_date":"2026-08-25","source":"Google Play","source_url":"https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nordvpn.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 (00eb1252356f…), 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.