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.

“accurate and safe than other vpn”

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 3139760477

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256)

1c0c478cf2e829dff85678df9d2897b8ea591764a366a2fef76fdeaf3a164261

Signature (Ed25519, base64)

mprokQr2qhEiFeedtqRD8PwFnivezh+0jSQtkt/BXupD+oHt4OoshMvLLnGbVCbLrllpqkJVd/pNumcVYkvFAA==

Merkle root

49133e6803d24035baa1544a5c730db93dbaf832df48f680ca855944337404a2

Merkle path

["1c1e4bbace6f8a703d708a5ff755a75b56a994449c8a384c8e5db659b76ebf0e","c26161d27f28781f25bf4d5de90d1b0dda4056117425be374531f0802eef02d2","5d8ce28269ac3d5f1386a2afa2430da66450e770dace9e7543a3df511b76e7ea","5b3bb8bae5c8ccbad4273ae57ec00579482f0e1c4e6670ef31aaff741711715a","0025f85fabc9d7bb08527bc04ecf09215e2d10f8332365a61ed8bde244cef32a","b35dd663cc6f801549425e3a825a65c5062de07ac84afeb38071f7c4bff89591","c6cbd556a0279869701bc2abfaa434aecf23c7aea83f5aae6a09a07d569299ff","f6dfd158f472cf6cc5a7abb67deadab547a0f6111998a27072b09487da0b0d98","d74d26e4ec50db5f846a6db347cf93f916d1531253885010cc0ec3f2a7297d31","9486e118038c7cb9aecd1b3260000536871c2c828cac59ccab321d2992a69ced","fe72bb866656df1aabb3b81157f17bb6bd20146ca0ae20d49ff58fa9fb051500","3fab624705af963c8b90d8ecca330b0aee40203a806033b0565c84e0ab95e53e","da05ecf7377d5697c026f830a74de1a09359f7b60612fb722c789caa15cbbf29","90889d6ebe241f2d2f9092870d002ba795f7d27137f7582a09b4369ab1517327","d81f506ca96dea712a8b56759200b270fc625cf496d323ded3475eaafeb2d916"]

Anchored

2026-10-08

Public log entry

search.sigstore.dev, log index 3139760477 · entry 108e9186e8c5677ac88a…

Expected log hash

d54b6e5e20903e9be29e6a5973227ee9b3dbe61bdc0fa6481a5788472cd5976c 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":"v1791428432986","kind":"published-quote","locale":"en","page":"brand:windscribe","quote":"accurate and safe than other vpn","rating":5,"review_date":"2026-08-27","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 (49133e6803d2…), 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.