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.

“Die Verbindung bricht ständig ab, egal welche Einstellungen ich wähle”

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 2621233673

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256)

0a8337a44bd418f42dde316f5f3fe5b2b9f61315eb9fc42fc2cc5da884bab7df

Signature (Ed25519, base64)

T2rsoA+3d8aWUW+KCJhxE1QObVtGN1PJFiTRLvsc5TrN067hqJx8LDyism82xOGB6h2BeoTIlz/Yb0pj3m5ICQ==

Merkle root

3e5b84dbb37ce6f75730ed2b32f91cd71f3a65addfb4db0a36bb6e93c637284a

Merkle path

["0a83e3b4bd43c0dca0a066dafde6dbfc47e17550616fd96439a82d083fb724e8","a1858f731dde868d304b44883bf3b44374883c83a9f2339cf06f56f301a19c72","3ea972e8cff7db435dbeecdf0b0d79191ef8dec11b43d0dacb1b749a3f426c06","703e8066058c02a947967755fbba3cfb446ef8026732ce578e33442b9142b7a3","927990839090d790a2f694792d33fe039ead43ef4084d65a0cc7253df9837178","644cfa2e2a1e80fba79a16d6ff3b4803117080ecd78ac17e2228aa0195e3509a","daa932de16eb627ddbbca224e8cfe1e90a459150c144b76cd32d2ccce637fafb","fc3427590dccdb996c67ec271f9899c1742a91cdf4901ed07e62a769fa55d6b6","fa850dab30f798139d94ecf4cfd7f88261da1e07d1d995330ef28e4322a8f395","debaf961b9f3bce80ae937a96c0d042e5a43329c7e50141216abe7a8d83b5482","10a22c162fbda998ea5360726ee71b1989beb07f86b594128a247662b281f52d","5e1d55cc495e25a055082f31061576a01811fae87e315b90c56cc742da8c21b1","09ffd4ff7f987b3f51093f1e58033f05d70251a8231cecee13929f5904d44057","4b83a60597c484d00737793c9d1e20749c33d1394631936e64d7dcd8530ecde9","359169a64f9c96ceed911524de6d7935fe237a0309f08d7968d6105d6218494f"]

Anchored

2026-08-28

Public log entry

search.sigstore.dev, log index 2621233673 · entry 108e9186e8c5677aab9d…

Expected log hash

8f69f81c385ed6162582e2743ec87609f0e5a311201997ab1f656c8ded6f904e 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":"v1787884205203","kind":"published-quote","locale":"de","page":"brand:proton","quote":"Die Verbindung bricht ständig ab, egal welche Einstellungen ich wähle","rating":3,"review_date":"2026-08-12","source":"Google Play","source_url":"https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ch.protonvpn.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 (3e5b84dbb37c…), 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.