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.

“I find the connection gets slower when it's turned on”
Google Play · 3/5 · 2025-08-18

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 2776103867

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256): 0544f1b57f1fc32aa16fcd3b7d9e73a2c9e5c0a7a5a5d86733c6140a36914d6d
Signature (Ed25519, base64): WKdMu36vKNEC0IFv2hVKk21BDe/7RV8eozkGmlHd5+KQosBv9C173fj5bxjzzh5eQPbyn5NNPKGijD/lcytqDg==
Merkle root: 4dc0bd79ba3e9442f7f1feb21f347e2f6fdbc72e99098aa5164776a6202654a8
Merkle path: ["054cf068425638b49600e757d8f2810f71228e97b4b772b99f41cd1cc8f4671a","c7d5ad4f0ed6849ff48ffb395e56b652c85e43845be77b86bfbaa7a26bf8e95c","ebafe247078f6e3cb7291c8d83e1d500372c95e21cad2f41af4cdf1c0180b730","1f2fa7acd848e6c43d88043316cf82322aff356a6a2b2ba5bb93ace8a73938ed","b03a0771f9c74de4f853cb6243ba75a800ead1111f2bd57c614dee73b0adc691","8009a5c3f01acc0831b22807e25280221bc31e3e419a51ad181fa11f60101bbb","7976f878077a8601d2fe604c6a3548c9e548e664256e48e1d715c8592c734c49","defcaf64bdac3562b2a1ecf698d69a1b9406af405fd5a288829adc8c663ef13e","4d94cd87321e677b4057432a38ba1b5e0aff8c2139570d5ea090895ccdefbf59","63933c28eb6b7bfb78116f77b5cb2e88deab928f9ada7bc7e21706e0eb87a810","7575f0e9b925b29131359a70a1a4bf923653e24bbf6b0f1c9573fe99c5754b0c","601d3d5f4fba7ccb8e25e8db9adc4fc1a6094821bec2364894f7bf4c640df5de","b64868d5884e6ca103d8fa1886b59a755a471482d82618eec868304914b8e334","72f96e42060ae616ed33b8fd6ac687c1899623eaa8a351026bf33e2e7a041d34","e60c2274998b06992577796b6abe86bec144203fe960878f7951a3ae12c9e532"]
Anchored: 2026-09-10
Public log entry: search.sigstore.dev, log index 2776103867 · entry 108e9186e8c5677acd4f…
Expected log hash: 2498329b7eaf275d309293dfbac35d05dfb8a55c65956add8448561c05945f28 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":"v1788848066028","kind":"published-quote","locale":"en","page":"subtheme:surfshark/quality/slow-speeds/en","quote":"I find the connection gets slower when it's turned on","rating":3,"review_date":"2025-08-18","source":"Google Play","source_url":"https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.surfshark.vpnclient.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 (4dc0bd79ba3e…), 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.