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.

“they literally waited until I got paid and stole $69”
Google Play · 1/5 · 2026-09-03

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 3240911465

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256): 1613d39d248b9f9952c2787d06dd5e436186aa83d25f76bf502819cf8e29dd81
Signature (Ed25519, base64): dXKJ/DpT46trk8ymAR129+g2nLGu3b3aDHycWU9Y0TzvOrvG1hSc1hrEalyd7NOq/bOnougnjWctNW8lPhOiBQ==
Merkle root: 274a7762154bd166543ff3cdffd566852c7127b7d67c5c835965884725fa5b5a
Merkle path: ["16173638ee9c98a207414f44e0334ada4eb1cde956436d80da0fb618b58b48d9","56f111bd20337152e81a64fdbe21fa0717fa0e7e525461bff11dbbad2d23c381","d8d7221f725ca1d1b4c5b5a544c6bca51df460a4042cbcf27eaba815cdef9bd3","6e7cf154d0e97cb344d524156f8629148de86cd5f7a279e7e1e9bae5269f179e","133ae79899df25fc01dd668dfb7904caaad950af2184134adc567950ec6d4f5c","53199ca3f582e4ba860da10d0af8eeefeee8502ebf900e840a96304737504702","0b5fd6d9c054e11cff8655b20803f2dba84d4ae3cab369f3f5ffb5cd225fa870","278601406f57019e300cf911325a96b1a5eb223e1da2db1cc04f3c0ef2f6f768","a21af4d84ee4c7e593618880dac158282d4f14a4e7b5b24bb33861b4b0b48bfd","fb03c31cd067fe9716c1219d8fd99ce6a51973e6971c08ca69a0b759279055a1","e7ab74a9aede1a4e45c46b0cf42345a6025189eb59192d0ab58a70c0f1fc9ee3","a23f8c34fe7234d1604529397f0f25595125771d2c3bf2e0ea04339b7ae798ca","37e0bacf6aea102741ccf02dcd42b0de6a02c60397ad417aaaf9cff69daaf006","29e5b66d9f235b4df92caf0fbc75cded7863ab76bbe1924bd45c3ed8fea27123"]
Anchored: 2026-10-13
Public log entry: search.sigstore.dev, log index 3240911465 · entry 108e9186e8c5677a3a8f…
Expected log hash: 75e63ac56a22d308ee68ec8d436777d2fa26c934f80384e53bcc94d01475e988 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":"v1791863907329","kind":"published-quote","locale":"en","page":"brand:surfshark","quote":"they literally waited until I got paid and stole $69","rating":1,"review_date":"2026-09-03","source":"Google Play","source_url":"https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.surfshark.vpnclient.android","v":1}

Verify in the public log

Open the Rekor entry (pre-filled with this proof's log index).
In the entry, compare spec.data.hash.value with the "Expected log hash" above: it is the SHA-256 of the Merkle root string (274a7762154b…), which ties this proof's root to the log entry.
Decode spec.signature.publicKey.content from base64: it must equal Citatio's published key at /.well-known/citatio-signing.json.
The entry's integratedTime is the independent timestamp: the root, and with it this quote, existed no later than that moment.
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.