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.

“Please be honest”

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 3140475820

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256)

1aeac71e11e9340a78611a6d8f3bab723eb4cdb1fc82095b39b977551a73aca4

Signature (Ed25519, base64)

fn5MzGpqSKafqOQampN+hTSyyTEgMklrqrBXojjqqNzQ5IaWNohT5VYQZFKzFeQqxNvZWCNuPmEEZd3Qo7a+BA==

Merkle root

52d6be1abed15ebd0724a0e1a493d5805e1ea49ddcaf8e9e5584928cd3e4d759

Merkle path

["1aea87be4a18c801817f6cf51dc05af841db31e1db4d7c75d1cd0d95822951c4","c237292fc12b0f7ce45e4307e493a75f20edc03d34f593c19977f8ea295c5d0d","259915cd632e45c2b112e5d0e5de6ad6bc769b04030c64c37d7f3f1921b59fb2","7885c3b04c80ae5b3c0ad436137e637d453f4973da52ee715122335170119e06","d347668a58d96205060f5f9ec1d7e8a45949874d191c09456e6a64c1729c8f4e","4ac629f0968d7b24e38dc23c35fab638d78983fdc1057e4cd4498e23ae65f52f","fccb409e232f5798699bf0ada190fd3dd1565256f7aa0cde90825ce374ea0626","13d3b29a92ba75674d48e495a82345ac3001f81f6ca367d6f41d85eba8d11202","53f86b3efef25bbcd2e092748f18f30697aa20223a262f6691ab7951092b261d","34c6625f3ee35d582e94ec817e939484c4cc8e91af119d64dd1ebc3c2667287c","a437720993ec4985609856ae1c85cbcd5c53dbc31d843b17c065f80b440d470c","5b7aba07a854e6a63765c93fc2c2098355f0ab59d7b4659a94baac072cc8e639","7d5e1a3da5381843d312196fd4a9f69dbe86b152542df1be09d403d47d5e49c4","71d5ef7f970539b9a82546e0bdc1b1069245bf71351875f786a78e5550da4e15","b72fcc24171828b3fdfff6be65bb433d37b8e51a187739d27a216a784d84cf36"]

Anchored

2026-10-08

Public log entry

search.sigstore.dev, log index 3140475820 · entry 108e9186e8c5677a78c2…

Expected log hash

bb68bef30792bf00f645df162a48943f770bc3f026216a44dedb4651c8ac0917 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":"v1791431489246","kind":"published-quote","locale":"en","page":"brand:windscribe","quote":"Please be honest","rating":5,"review_date":"2025-04-02","source":"Google Play","source_url":"https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.windscribe.vpn","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 (52d6be1abed1…), 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.