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.

“not going to buy a router to get it”
Google Play · 4/5 · 2026-09-05

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 3258201873

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256): 097e7a2b3c4cb409a091323713d5463ac9a6988430dbecac6dbfd6f1e5fff9b2
Signature (Ed25519, base64): 3RwblxUCz71T7Q4bCOhbXOV2CSYb553ahcH+JcvATEHyTH21OdXW61apoITMR6Bq6s06ZnwGf4XAKX+KsNMjDw==
Merkle root: 07e2d0de1409df9008c16531abbe2f8515ebe8e55b87a042e18a21958771618d
Merkle path: ["0983da8f198bcbd1e46352feb66eff5cd7e57fe3fc905c66961775f16a846acc","77a4b0b04c5c5ed544859f65ef1953517fc6572c927d8438c2e4442eb268b3c2","6e6c8855fcefc83ef5b6188d034560d6fe90c408056084da7de714cd29e8734e","8a0878798fe6389367ad402a295d6c2e068427f61c961d7a3e98a4e281b8b3a1","c18b0d385a9ea134295552cc2218edcca1366361afd9c25fae5fb5b5ec27ad11","fc440489981c0ebd25a1d471abbaf4ffbb9fa01656781c37d0fd1dd795acf010","10a5e8ccc244c5a8d19675c9462a671c48695c21f97ca694e972c3eea1d3669c","bca218c20de1ee9a143e2f10e185c52dd35ce6db754d1d842f4bd5250435720c","8ae7765097a352a62cb78671fbef94767d69c7c8660ea743d3b0e152a5d0fa1f","8adeaffdf05ff12c67a01d776f194086a6ce5201a8dec08f61b01b5bd4731279","c25480c59ba5018ad63a4302e563da2769fccd1f46db2198fe6505d0af820354","9a75e3f6936d56126d6fdf7afc9a8945cddff81ecabadfb2fe720f30ae044194","48799695a25196e19e6c0bfac80015199da758df0acb5108e4c517a5d6bc016d","fd7778befb9f979134b4d8a1dfa78827e64c761abd83cab9d5ecd5bc01d8ea14"]
Anchored: 2026-10-15
Public log entry: search.sigstore.dev, log index 3258201873 · entry 108e9186e8c5677ab04f…
Expected log hash: 205b794967d70c4ec2534ff3766e47506acf44c7c68740049459394876120dfa 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":"v1792030899870","kind":"published-quote","locale":"en","page":"brand:surfshark","quote":"not going to buy a router to get it","rating":4,"review_date":"2026-09-05","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 (07e2d0de1409…), 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.