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.

“It has become difficult to connect to the free VPN.”

Checks (re-run on this request)

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256)
0b0c406519986f6b8d17aaa8c45eaf2501cb3deb48b675fc5f523e20539543f7
Signature (Ed25519, base64)
K9lgO67NGUZKBq4IAL5/LL2QVrXjxhLf15+y4LqsvtONtBEueG0G3rzD74D7wXY+G04SEWaO+xSt8psoXbRlAg==
Merkle root
790984da83ec061260aa072fed7636f9dedf91964fe0be93d7a7a622b2b5a92c
Merkle path
["0b1048c86c14e9b33e9bae1cb379abbc347a7c6984359c4e27064d98cbacac74","1b33d2d73884f0a9b34d2833bcf2662442ae388d229295759561faf354698fab","119c0081a9ed9e05dbe519576aa0283652594aeb22056698ce9300031a4383a5","9658b6951945d3f1f3e678fdae8fbf210d81b9f3093459e7c20778dc0416d53e","129cc957f2e253e1150a13ea0ce57de5e0ad8262689fb1ed0cdd9b721eb9816f","1863618f0044e28a1eff3cc7ea0d6859000bd0e1cb4e85533fe309975d14f831","23953c746d9412cb233a339eb9d1a5fb4a79e0ecf9b264b3777a1e186c52cdf0","5e5e44e7accde0b9703cff9efd3322692de6b5f4c0c4befe787b4d9dc2ab8a6d","bb708c6b51ae6809a3533b62d234a7406a9a1e91c2801d08c43cb57fcdb68ec2","cace77bfc47f323aab46161ed43e8d787e6721fa1dbe4d7f4f9a8c7c8dfdcbd8","6304ac71a1b2f52f7b9d71dc18128d29685543003b3b63d20b4c45faf5063076","0ab165eccc945f726f72a18604e160b33092671c5a22e68c21815ee55c9985eb","03448bed473af8dd9cf28b70fbbc04f05d3dcf46211926aa98113fc3caee3267","b5732ea5319a80c00443397f423c046c357d98fcdaf87d445516405ed0934bdd","c7feebd3045cc2c03d87ca1241b2d06259ffad35db645c59ca3c5ee2004a8947"]
Anchored
2026-08-19
Public log entry
search.sigstore.dev, log index 2514496096 · entry 108e9186e8c5677aad27…
Expected log hash
5d2238ef768473286d75355f523ab94503f4ccd3d25e17e9efb265aa0f540183 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":"v1787129810322","kind":"published-quote","locale":"fr","page":"brand:proton","quote":"It has become difficult to connect to the free VPN.","rating":3,"review_date":"2026-08-13","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 (790984da83ec…), 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.