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.

“CONSTANTLY DROPPING CONNECTIONS”
Google Play · 3/5 · 2026-05-17

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 3273402563

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256): 1a471e8c911e63413cc2bab1f46dbe0d537825333443ff17cf2237b51a2f79cd
Signature (Ed25519, base64): xxJ79q81wm7V0+d0enH7WsWofow9Pga7CrinG+tBEI+e6e4IMe7JArEq+JCfE2/aSDNZ1Lp0R/fE43JM054KCg==
Merkle root: f157206eaf0681e32c282b6c87b482d5b05edc0371242c4555dfe07a805d46ee
Merkle path: ["1a3c3332c87e3f38ce74e81c0e1bdaac135e35b73968f679bf7b451a242106db","8579dbbeefee7e20a56b12ffd456fdf07bce405a832368074774d58df71186ad","91789163957ab7ced335237228e11508faae6ea7be20a8cf8c481f217f1afa5f","c73924a04b9f65bc4c8ec7fe529dc263085af7b9030aea6be1802933511da37e","cf916cc02aea07210261b7ab93a704515e3cb2a492f6914d9a470ea82e766048","640547bef5a9436fbe5ae19e986b92a09591fa69d95f0b45e5a9f8cc81f9dff8","c8d33d6a7822379bd0e3c771fffe8cf1908f9ded8ae3da5cb5c71599ccdce368","bdd78abaf39194bea4d3a68030b5db73cee86f354143501834bde8c584b01acf","0bcdd10cf734f9c71739ce7c337040eb664476e069cb0429b6bf07eba3e4360b","c2d4d9f0451cf088ca10a5190ade587a7e1e05ab40aed7b9236da6ed97b4dc66","9c625a75a9274c71647d761c2cd9f5bf940d702ef86f2a79f09f19f7e4637b11","c983079c81f3fe3701fa74b1f3d07ba4ae521d2aa67e53391f4fd7e312ac9423","18d3f68accc8835a5c40f0c374bff5769347a644756ac8ed830a1459ec4a0187","72cec015fa128b419dcf741d3ca687936e9595c259ab78dfd4256d8340270e61"]
Anchored: 2026-10-16
Public log entry: search.sigstore.dev, log index 3273402563 · entry 108e9186e8c5677a6df5…
Expected log hash: d39be9954db9139b182dabecbcfa2b9510337ba2b23ae56a3f9ebed18578385c 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":"v1792122859337","kind":"published-quote","locale":"en","page":"brand:pia","quote":"CONSTANTLY DROPPING CONNECTIONS","rating":3,"review_date":"2026-05-17","source":"Google Play","source_url":"https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.privateinternetaccess.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 (f157206eaf06…), 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.