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.

“the app is using an insane amount of data in the background”

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 2543383844

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256)

151ee6b1bf32b53f484d7c4c0452d7af7097c420d2f14a5d644fc3191347870b

Signature (Ed25519, base64)

xxFMHCYVf6LR4OFcuw94D3E5a5hZyDl2yW2Qazx2jp8V7J7Z7t3e3evrkWWsERh0yh23QoVKOV3lj/8lYmOhBQ==

Merkle root

7252afe559009950531df937e7edc9bd1c57cf28a24ed7f6c6613b65f459eae4

Merkle path

["15204c6ce61d7027a9902ae64c54892a533941d48619e55754057a0c74583fac","4bac38ab23a432cf8025e951a0f8b5fd32fb284f2de97233eaf55070baba3a9d","1a89a4445e81cb6077e94ea2e6394ca273cc12e10c75c4ac8666d5b21da71ea8","787aea7cad8b2215529ab61c8155d44d699fbd8d38eff43c61d6b802d8f7648f","0b5d351b203d2fadab177b5f12f6b700a60c133112bcc04f3a22af2c714cc619","19260b856315e7b465750795db352e3b737f31f72ba9fe3a3d75005dcae302ed","37b7ba120494166a1cdce8a7ff8854e415944b66dc944f4804223e976410e1d8","2be67cbbb9eb72c316126e25134c5bb87e1287b1cb34e7a162acef7c8faee98e","2817d4c209b53ee7d39f3cc6e20a6c7c444d5a9599ff7a4362ce4ce592f38dd9","33bf9922a746b3d007bc086a0bef8d27e4db19b5730cce5f1c9139448d34ea07","8d17c08c7711319c999b464f30d12b1a0e098d87458c0bc9868549fb624f3d8d","c69b424a84e94872a676419ad19a2feff57fb7366d35445d20904831f9dae37d","5b655ce1c6b3a6040c73fe70cee1f73a87a67aa56ed97040e7fd88f9c78d3e1e","6ca0e672260f8a36160629905eaed49c49821fe80001f9ea932f048c0563803c","b3900b15a2a9b7aa805b691ce86e29db39e03d547238a84a3c0fff4fc2daa54a"]

Anchored

2026-08-21

Public log entry

search.sigstore.dev, log index 2543383844 · entry 108e9186e8c5677a6025…

Expected log hash

65212d488cd7bdd0d67aebdd70bfc57f4b622fa08b8179427635d69eb7ec385b 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":"v1787285599851","kind":"published-quote","locale":"en","page":"comparison:accuweather/en/category","quote":"the app is using an insane amount of data in the background","rating":1,"review_date":"2026-08-19","source":"Google Play","source_url":"https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.accuweather.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 (7252afe55900…), 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.