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.

“one minute it works and the next, dial up would be faster”
Google Play · 3/5 · 2026-08-30

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 3247835674

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256): 186762798b9a8e00fd19daa461d275f4f96cc6e0e810657fa7e592233a937cba
Signature (Ed25519, base64): GPwdK3swDAZwwVpmBd8ix2JwWL4/DJZCzJ1B/4I7WcYvyxQOJ3cScm1duCqt4EVC2gRWVtmSpiQFsKGrvBlSBQ==
Merkle root: 8af5f2f3f65c47a75dcdddbf363e3e76b22d37f4e953d150fcfa3e84bb04dba5
Merkle path: ["186625ff8e3749bf7cf49f6f7e39b64cd9e503efacbeb2ec51fae1de90519efe","eec276f8f32b14d2ef59546b427e9d411e5704430b17e034ab2fc3881509c546","b6cf3310877a6ee76a773fc927547ee5888db1eef2b98dcea035d53c5cc96005","8651af39a2898841197aaa97d6078d8cbe062c4fca05c34dce1fb89f9f9bc98e","c6b319635a6abd162ddf50a5c2238edfcd583577aed1dfc23d8be1185588bd8a","2c5ffa1a36a962f41790e45ba2fb36694fbe23bf4c8558bd21c4d865fdae64d9","ab4e749b8984d87e60695f434420e2dac8ed6b8d9666db7a5b5bd50aab8142d3","b3833a97afbc6f0a1161e283f0bc45776e126b8f6354e5c0d8037371d45e4296","1df10e869107267967b3a8eb19f66e4173d8da7da2c72467c05f4f35ce54c0ba","0ff4dccb3fc9dd1b67a491058d8dff675dff6582010d8572b06c7bdc1d73ce56","cf3fd672f99fd3a12c561632c0bc7eef648128cb12006c0c959d1eb66b0780a0","69e0b278fde36472d775b547f81c80ab6a46676326bfbd973817b55dc3255d09","2df4d836b73633f71fa96faafac3d9d32f00951d180b99885afa9511763f7b1f","2212eb5ff51e97198ac2cd6542275dfcf712b9be9a8fab294a9bf844689bcee1"]
Anchored: 2026-10-14
Public log entry: search.sigstore.dev, log index 3247835674 · entry 108e9186e8c5677afded…
Expected log hash: 306cff230c51a4aeee6711c8f2603eb2af6985e8dc9f5dc959efafe3398b8caf 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":"v1791944613264","kind":"published-quote","locale":"en","page":"brand:nordvpn","quote":"one minute it works and the next, dial up would be faster","rating":3,"review_date":"2026-08-30","source":"Google Play","source_url":"https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nordvpn.android","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 (8af5f2f3f65c…), 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.