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.

“Connection more likely than not to not connect to a VPN country of your choice.”

Checks (re-run on this request)

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256)
0e3bdb1f74128a094d080043c35e17a7e8e168d4a46a46c91cadb3b2e18456b9
Signature (Ed25519, base64)
waTkqaT+VGYHF6ytq5Z9DWf1WmnqfTZ0J9eauv0TWulZG9gPC18dr/E7v7Lr7J52V0w0uQqe0gEu0Cq28pG6Dw==
Merkle root
689da4f5bb049dceb797a1ebd18ec1f343afdc6a2eec17587eed167cc7c21a02
Merkle path
["0e42125c03fef9964f123dd453c0c2e917d6142a4200b26fea5c2c066162380f","cad1a83f6f181bf3261dd25fab1af09a2eca58690fac5c6be1d304751d124b8b","c5ae44dd65ab8b9c88f4123093cf243fd0cab13f4c487fce8468d6c1012a8c91","be19811582a19559e82de2048832a668e23dd2e2cdb21b3da25a3c82d1b3c7dc","1b31fa0acd4f4f9ef6822d5c6ea1a89db0ee2ecbc2e8fd89889faa607dda3021","bcc5edfc64b161c2479254ca6395fa50279888be62799d4ae9b8ef1c3f65d1ef","b07ef7b17e2df91578e897a0554b96fb39a37dfe7dfd2a3537d8484e8d8bfe8c","4607577ee7db5ad1c0bd625b73a06ed9b339cecf34bcd78666c5c1febda79909","224e736358e83d857ae4757b3c4bf621fd1ea22ae1dcbdb9d5e7b0051b4c8cb9","155027dc39aa0acb12c8b0e7bb4ddc0ff34191e4ab52c3c82ba673bf7b8f6e9f","082dd994d04cbbd5aabc0a1dc0f225572640e66951943c463fa585aa031b1834","76299de842eb0e0f889b88da6c0bd5b62c2da544fc8fd32539ea8b904c9939e8","b29f01d1d4fd5e719afb8d2cac2b7867993dc07c08772adb1bbe832e05e6603a","b93077b5d0d90464bafb01f0d5e12407aea90af234685d3284ce5c610fc51b1e","2492d624e607c70378839deb70fe4bc4c618faa9a11f2be7d0e42b467b07d755"]
Anchored
2026-08-20
Public log entry
search.sigstore.dev, log index 2525430207 · entry 108e9186e8c5677abb21…
Expected log hash
68e6afcd6c232c11ffffa818a4cc0c5faf1a86dd24e2ab2a7811fa1f4f43bec8 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":"v1787196781193","kind":"published-quote","locale":"en","page":"subtheme:proton/quality/vpn-speed-servers/en","quote":"Connection more likely than not to not connect to a VPN country of your choice.","rating":3,"review_date":"2026-08-10","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 (689da4f5bb04…), 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.