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.

“Identifikation geht nicht.”

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 3668531329

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256)

09a801774c164ec5e624272e66dbed4355154d7ac4c7d7bb9cea5486d1c1b25f

Signature (Ed25519, base64)

o+X9cjuxVa+7k8wQOERvQ9ibdZq88GLYg15nIBGoW4sbO5feBp22kCbY/FxmMQZpFfPeBxkkMSWn6GCjP+nlBw==

Merkle root

3b072629e9b16970356829c050ce27926428f47e05244a6512bb40569787f050

Merkle path

["09b0880a6d2d14f2823f948aa00e0a6cc363307a52a49eae2ad3b55bd074b4f2","76a39d44fe4cf1761db996f99c33e81f9286a38246b5371bdb87f67b4799bf8c","2820e87711d300c530011bf8abac6b815b3bb9dad8b7ebee1275c0c112c105f0","f3a073a429b9630be9b20bb9a251b441596b250a5c3ab6150fc63e23b33d7e72","bd6c508a289de1fb4107d194f024f922b5947569d8922980e6edcd7e68a6d847","b82f6f7fca52bed85f7ca6a013d6d07e6f39eedebc343ff0c74674b85393397a","b3d36758256ea27aefd88c6b4d4406bbb07eeb71a132c7006f186d272879bf6f","39261de08205176798758f5f58baa2e7303a22d98edbd291707a47f052c28dae","4a680cc6fb73388a93c53e603f5d1ce53cae9ff95336c0bb0eeb4265d8c2ec0d","55bd3100445cfd4a5bc3ac22bda01bb4059e5dd01dd623b13b9970aa93864f7d","931304e07f112ff878cf7db58b20cae35948550329443f203a6cc9d0ca1f7abb","5ce503796c51bc55f222e1ca83097b0aafcffa9e43cbc2fca3c86219ba57a7ef","bd647c84f5a5709c34b7ff67afe5db551f8d36ed60e852beffc039c8af7bf210"]

Anchored

2026-11-03

Public log entry

search.sigstore.dev, log index 3668531329 · entry 108e9186e8c5677a190f…

Expected log hash

70b428762b7d47d774fe78d442b8bb17fe4b721cbf1b3e9cb1fc9c9aac05be8e 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":"v1793706202681","kind":"published-quote","locale":"de","page":"brand:findependent","quote":"Identifikation geht nicht.","rating":1,"review_date":"2025-05-21","source":"Google Play","source_url":"https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ch.findependent.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 (3b072629e9b1…), 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.