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 VPN user interface is as intuitive as can be”

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 3273084324

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256)

18aeed23f579e69fe3490d80995442d3dc61150238d19b3e9ab4a704cdddede1

Signature (Ed25519, base64)

Qx39y0ixDJIoGCEUU2QD06UEDKPY2DjERx2O7ixVFwca1oGrT3O0xaOCOyGrHWuH3eTd/YDypInJaa4NEV+IBQ==

Merkle root

4591ccf5fcdb01ed421243d02df5f30203ce391c077d4ade1ff5ee97e69e252d

Merkle path

["1894fc6e7d678376dcfe7ea372c6fb92d3082da40fdc32e53e8333f314e2dc17","da22142e75a5422f676777a972becd0b09ec9b7fa89daea11a9b2eb5f93fdb83","8581606b204789df991049c582f8f426f42fb7cf890f90ff6249719de26cbdbd","e50afbcd1a369f78192a3a032bc8b678dc247a06fec36c74cf0a4408278ed17b","56cbd6a6085a5406d14cb179dd78a23275957ddb8a9faab4b1648f3489b14b59","ece11b6ce66291b2ab3cc62c579267a5b373c5b91ec6b26cb936d4a529aaab3c","3d5a76a7b1dd2ad3f48b255341fd1807dd02b434c549aa5075436cab5605b3fd","b97da350b9dad43504e93bf9b528bcf5f2c4debf8dcac92a1a20f9007c820e98","0e0285a548f7656c1f7348356954cfc8cb51831eadd9f122b7803581ad681b15","00d983fc7254b6831c8727262155e83ed73067ee761ee10b8ea341da26f2b736","c30f42bd5edd5503274d38897e30e0fd203a58a1d481887545f4163af761a24b","152c0493178cf6b4404f105673ebfb1205dcd47946cf0dc7bed8ccf29e922fd8","d52611af45c7ef524ab63e970b046a1061f8173af77bce3332bb854291964d99","04789af0aae7a52bbc7d5e129e675a1c89df82999aa606ccdd23b89f718c4ff3"]

Anchored

2026-10-16

Public log entry

search.sigstore.dev, log index 3273084324 · entry 108e9186e8c5677a4edd…

Expected log hash

52df3e0fd214b96d6c701f5f337408916b7566fa39826e2404f759c290be1eab 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":"v1792120358245","kind":"published-quote","locale":"en","page":"brand:cyberghost","quote":"the VPN user interface is as intuitive as can be","rating":5,"review_date":"2026-08-19","source":"Trustpilot","source_url":"https://www.trustpilot.com/reviews/6a85a45ad1ed57bee633b662","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 (4591ccf5fcdb…), 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.