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.

“It's easy to use, you don't need much tech experience to figure it out”

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)

18dbca7d440cbabe7715ab9a798e11b0abe856ab275ed99ddd51fb0c47fab15b

Signature (Ed25519, base64)

4fdZDDrgoLQ/D4HjDcE24Bo8N7+5pBUvjphu7tVeY1NnwoZK31OUOaDaLysz8y1uuggLu6l7XcsnVlQZTDs5DA==

Merkle root

00eb1252356f6576712ea4fb614a5236163b3b1821e2db4cf332fa9ac5a6c4e3

Merkle path

["18d96b4c885727e8f0d0f93f3e3fb56e51eb39df017210751e69a4934ba8ce17","991cf864e879f862b71da81303597a9a0fdce9ae7630c5399234ddf9461fd1a1","e431f5be22a78a1b06772a396e06bfa45882f988ed2fc284e368fbd61b4706d0","5b096e5f75da9c4cff33684ca34049c79da30d1c93984e4614f910096eefe8c3","45ed3cbadf1c261b657f2043f349adb29283a6ccdd839c4000cd04332870de26","7fc34c0a166fc4070cdebb81f2dc94fce889685475eb69322fdb604bf1099c60","9d928ef3510178cc32bae637cc96bf146599fa409042e7354d834be0fe74c5b4","3a0c7d8f233c19511bc202d3970f3c1510d4cb40976b0f6d3f952e2f53eafefd","a0c51af3077772968eb8332721df92da017963dd84661a196fe49c1b24b416c2","b664aedd59253a101817371f6973f3ca14935497a42c0931f41c5d27323e805a","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:pia","quote":"It's easy to use, you don't need much tech experience to figure it out","rating":5,"review_date":"2026-08-02","source":"Trustpilot","source_url":"https://www.trustpilot.com/reviews/6a6ea1b2d2c9abc2bd20466d","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.