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.

“This app needs to stop disconnecting on its own.”
Google Play · 4/5 · 2026-08-29

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 3258673097

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256): 1a5c5083046ed3d0e76dbbecca0ad4f0b43fa293f963e138a8eaa78a20c69980
Signature (Ed25519, base64): txU/Dhk4kjPmTm50TebGag0YJep3GsmaScW/2MrH2fNkr4goKKHNRUCdE/Gzl76NPA6wWSynA+Ljm12J6IQqBw==
Merkle root: 1e69109d842117168677c2c7aab9689ac78923960f86fb642566271a6ebec358
Merkle path: ["1a5c80ee0a37cab39569405bb445819005abf6376ceac23c8154bbfb8eacaa84","e807af2b15f6b419402f401f4fbefd76c264121f264b645593e342f2b1d8933c","b48756e54978ad12e8ac73c58ecadac0207927d400872f80124a89643438061f","6627058cc1347c683ea5c33141c7342c0164b1e6993019c23f41f840330a9b78","bed3cfa037f4aad50e15fe32ba5cbbdf7fb3d5fcc2484c616a684c46398a8fef","50f6c8ba1fd1ac5138e1be54e98ab409f81cb643d5d14b4e170965f4b1c14600","ad5b2abdc67134cfc6778cf124a2c77fbfdf0a741a1e9fb2189ce41f726fae82","0b9c2a2a226a621361f25e94e2a295003ff26836fe038e4d63316d59d852bdd2","0a560530d6358d296b651a017b6413c99193324f81a79e536722928324823c21","bb094f12ad8bee60309abca679b6f983a5aa44cc3c57042af88426c6fccf13d5","aa8f2c33d97c0ac8dc7d77c1105a2ffd53ba88f60ca9a946d664919a827dd74c","e8ee33453c42c8b9a0e73dbe9a65f0ef421d213e42b0e7964904098c25de97d6","7c33667a483d5fd3b9ed47c00df3203f479cead457d361a57e3e5a90d1401d8b","4db0e65440b78c494263fe6b915a75fbf2b04ea1cd2fed0eeba5f9cb4589aa37"]
Anchored: 2026-10-15
Public log entry: search.sigstore.dev, log index 3258673097 · entry 108e9186e8c5677ab832…
Expected log hash: c57cff5f0f2da5f1c24e09823c0cd10c485830bed55f44ffe5864187f8e896d3 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":"v1792033864449","kind":"published-quote","locale":"en","page":"brand:windscribe","quote":"This app needs to stop disconnecting on its own.","rating":4,"review_date":"2026-08-29","source":"Google Play","source_url":"https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.windscribe.vpn","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 (1e69109d8421…), 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.