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.

“I find the connection gets slower when it's turned on”

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 3220562278

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256)

12a154020cd2434ad63564ff88a8f1c9602b049c78b213880cd9d649656a5f55

Signature (Ed25519, base64)

mPa4VX9a0rt5RGucAkm9YMqZ7NPj7JETCDJaXwJ2DRuDAtJ04QklbXRrPEo0w4mYK9pMYA1y1V0NKzpI35P/Cw==

Merkle root

2d214bb14438515f4bedf5edd9b00a6a5113a016ba9b9fe8160d41d7e6046722

Merkle path

["129f4198c818f51ed52f673c1030f501e99a3ae5cd84f7994aed4e131d9c7098","27797c0050008fb75da163e24a371beee2e43843491872e004e0f657c9c317fc","096feca08936ea06e0d947898063326726878979c4b937f7327b0fb3d450c8b7","926fd55f500e54e6c1d7d7da4fd25f49be3a19db95e74a6a583e6d3a1b13a213","24f3c97e944884433b7cd8ad025565507e8964d21a76501482b3dcbcb874c2a2","ea3d1f4cf1ea328513c49f906b8c7bd3c1184fa8af148cfe91a68bd6eb17318c","54a7b77142caa75d53bfa45098aba2af8850949c6688a64029bd183bd538ab05","c02dbfc948b74914427e38fcf28c31a958e9d47c7af80f81e6fe54cb311d5ae4","987033c94b370511f344cc91ad6edd23bcf84debd7d1f3436bd9d361997c9f6a","b81859e437784ccc5d85f40efa584fcefc2808725e16a069601e996c11cf39a4","6524509ec6f167247a2cd45e3762fc6c559758c07e1a3635b8c25ecf53d4bb52","ebdcf4f2d06ecaa7512b4e82d75b0892ee788e93cc90eec4b56bdf4af103e975","c8e78357eabd343df2a6d1ad8a9c122f986bc772443ab896b1e0fa855f0ebd28","35ea2df06612b261a549235c4e62b3e1ad1789f05da56f9ca671421e5071b72b"]

Anchored

2026-10-12

Public log entry

search.sigstore.dev, log index 3220562278 · entry 108e9186e8c5677a2753…

Expected log hash

13907aa3d3da271016c4b5e75946c4440692c6b4e1684187b965dbb983b157f7 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":"v1791777669660","kind":"published-quote","locale":"en","page":"brand:surfshark","quote":"I find the connection gets slower when it's turned on","rating":3,"review_date":"2025-08-18","source":"Google Play","source_url":"https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.surfshark.vpnclient.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 (2d214bb14438…), 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.