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.

“sometimes the vpn getting stuck after reopening the laptop”

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 3272785693

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256)

2b38c3baac952b14aca817a5e26b6c762af76f7edec55efb27ac9c1f7066eabb

Signature (Ed25519, base64)

Ua0LfUqdWYPkW56roHjJlf9RCKs3bX8cuivAf9Tg5eIUIU+6DY/giEuFcI8lLqHqi/OR0HRXE3dQ22io9abcBQ==

Merkle root

42ee8ba4b974d737f78b7f168d0af8ea0510697ac4ab4c6db44b5522bd195660

Merkle path

["2b3d1363dfb90731f6bb75f6a3273f2dc8db6309dec7e6b5f4f3c14e8e5ee622","19e4aec4c93c2a5370eb2e689ffe77340f7ce0a60964c5f57b56806e7e1bf5b5","7756600cde9ebbaf674988dde8d1430a1429d6c458c77edda2fdbade478b61dd","01375e6237e68462eda6045de9e8a74e55694cfcdb34a90814a767062fb23428","89100ced6d255e71fb1c29276e466f6ee4f1393fc486e677596f87608e0f3a5b","fdb5a7496c8f8907646eb9bc5ac86b48ae7bc8f374eb253d68d610c3cbbf65a9","7bed0aabecd5b4fc9c64940c893d570e49d9939a9a4d1f91ee60a3754a8c2e53","d86a69f4472602a55660f84140fcb7f1fea83ae2a49b77560bcd0a450cfdcc84","8a2d6d510e0bf68b48b45fba95e3342457d70e9e94793d2472af18519575a9c9","c15bec133dcd4ef10b7c616d24091dc865f2275b937dff526b6f7efb8dae4af2","a2b46a1a793b32df1d1c7215f98613a95eb5843e284cc2bb9a43f7d9bef3a545","5f15fc19c161cf1b078cec1dbb446ebe0ad796b02ab5da46a3b86356dc6581b7","49dd732b74591111793e90f822c8febb6b4e9dba2f427a61f4d9f7035d4c82e9","c77ac7da32c6d4db47aeb73e606322601c1bed1566533de53bf56d1599928d0e"]

Anchored

2026-10-16

Public log entry

search.sigstore.dev, log index 3272785693 · entry 108e9186e8c5677ad5db…

Expected log hash

3b93391ec0595ab5c0ff73f2540eb1322f56c3c1302e6789c57b97c74423deaf 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":"v1792118508353","kind":"published-quote","locale":"en","page":"brand:expressvpn","quote":"sometimes the vpn getting stuck after reopening the laptop","rating":5,"review_date":"2026-06-20","source":"Apple App Store","source_url":"https://apps.apple.com/ro/app/id886492891?see-all=reviews","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 (42ee8ba4b974…), 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.