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.

“if privacy is important to you then it's probably worth dealing with the shortcomings”

Checks (re-run on this request)

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256)
0945fd26bb2d5ede5bf0b14567c9b7dc7e1f485f9054d46c376b5e5fe786e8c3
Signature (Ed25519, base64)
qEbAwjuZIdn6W7XiNMDsA7cO/vWuAzDKxmmG3NcRu9D6ZSayAHd6X2c3qpEesIZrjERY1s7KwhoWG7FXt1fDBA==
Merkle root
8d929b933d3da853a342174568dafd4f2990c556a59a904f6c4eac8eca263c18
Merkle path
["0948701d0f04a5c76f66a33603211ac95d298a7dcd9911ee96fe73dca7ea66c0","15f5a5e6540aa5cff9cef1afd94d7e29900367bbc2298620e0880ac69603735b","653ac64e946116977cb67dcb41110de9d28f0435a885f2a679df1ebbf1f826ed","2a2366407da7f1f7b1295f974639e0169d962b570d12d5730901e0ba2a761c8b","0edd38814468e88130896133d6b6d13dc728d6d0f00dcbfcb96eeb93fc815b3c","42c6a49024aef00aa1bb2b6cf644c2c5cfa8e8ba72032bd8df9356bb6d285754","7f22ff6d5deaead42fee57f82ec39fe029030ef903c11c81ef52acfdb2731b09","62f103e98e973634a8985d4fc56f85bfdcc5f3fdc90b6252041e76a046921fed","eeaa38983c971b4cd10ab521525268f86d3daedc923d5e36bde389f5d5f26bac","e7bef68f683a65dbed15a548ea64c6d25d42fccac21642b96f31909e97a1666e","3d6155f3202930725d04745c1febff035e2f8d94f9f75b77463aa71c7a3bf614","4273814e139b537ff52878f215555e1437b0cf0a363d27847ea79db5ccf13f6f","db36e5683a162968d642d2b33f1127be2dcf059690ad38add1e5db8d7a7a41ac","9576369f408a7fb58ca2e97774369b4e7458346c8937c3d02549b43f61f201e1","67cc9c31bb9e37342ca834f1c2afacca9d4e9ea3aa24cfabf98f677678d81a55"]
Anchored
2026-08-24
Public log entry
search.sigstore.dev, log index 2579616312 · entry 108e9186e8c5677a98b8…
Expected log hash
169fea3926d76eeb6fbcc1ed6cb8bcc55e598869705eefd29172a719878e4a1c 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":"v1787542624469","kind":"published-quote","locale":"en","page":"theme:proton/price/en","quote":"if privacy is important to you then it's probably worth dealing with the shortcomings","rating":3,"review_date":"2026-08-13","source":"Google Play","source_url":"https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ch.protonmail.android","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 (8d929b933d3d…), 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.