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 the orange man wants to lock someone out of American 2FA apps, this is the best alternative.”
Google Play · 5/5 · 2026-08-13

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 2671180029

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256): 09c9ded47832602ffbe5a5faf6958513fbf1240de47196adfc0ee0e84fee3ec1
Signature (Ed25519, base64): /Er6jQS0dC6PfMcvWJUkFXPRUPuDB9P8Ft1cZrPlvDca4ehz06sEussmya/aFZ3X0paZHIwgW/+36qT+MNEdCg==
Merkle root: f9a030a573da3b674a3e48c677288390a434ca97a740d63af7477bb9b0087dd5
Merkle path: ["09c7be65f0b65e520a8644d612cfa81a92c9b577fbcd0a1685781c74f58b1a7d","37b916f2e09b7f2e0b967b920ed9f2fdd07b37ea72de79d2a03ad41cbf39615f","6fd6d17d1b4962da4224a6ba775d5a68f6f8e6cfe11ec9daa8e2dddc5c60f908","26898de0e9dc670bef11067e7188ec72fce0a548b14bc1990add0e1782c697ed","07fd4249d96c25effcbeb314b9bb8314fbf1739560f875b5013ec1c208b6f481","08da887c75a8224c6e553446a8d95700d4c0143336a64162e0d472bfb2ab92b8","fea83de66f824cb28473bb190eda20e150ca4108d0dfefe3ea4a750281ebb395","f4bbcc09a8c9eb62374d60aef3e4a766af7ef59f7021aefa3c164eb72c418154","f87c6f7d7ab55601e3cccc85dfb79289e04a23cdb27b839861e3405f4d6b975a","d26ead21839bce1d0f4a610c0ae3a4b04c3763899f27a0cf62ef04600205714c","a7268e3a2e4a304c8ba3aadc5b4a98bbf743395e23b9fecb4fbc48e95e9fc55f","0092e78b615c9d228c03e53096ae4361365857530df283c6dfbf776a613c6526","4ef2bda7f26eed09474d0de127a9ffbf5b18c0b39b7ca05e262a0cf569ba9981","123f459bb0d221b9be08e494016e3b59946d910cadbe6bacd03f308db88ffcd7","e08301f62b5ff22d13e806e4fd3e64913f665178fce99d41471461eca04be078"]
Anchored: 2026-09-01
Public log entry: search.sigstore.dev, log index 2671180029 · entry 108e9186e8c5677a15e7…
Expected log hash: 0c7ea517d47f4c8d05e0565112b0ba6c031576195cb596b9212fca396bc97897 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":"v1788233488301","kind":"published-quote","locale":"en","page":"theme:proton/service/en","quote":"If the orange man wants to lock someone out of American 2FA apps, this is the best alternative.","rating":5,"review_date":"2026-08-13","source":"Google Play","source_url":"https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=proton.android.authenticator","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 (f9a030a573da…), 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.