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 keeps dropping connection regardless of whatever settings I choose”

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 2582597535

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256)

1b369ac2c22d987f9bdf02654d196414fa3a27042db02524b997c71ca2e6d235

Signature (Ed25519, base64)

1FuEALDciKjZ5JA7w1WX4cOy34ntHu8qNqE544nvFeciSHfCToyepBM/zf9Z2/HvEPjNe+4okT7FpdrshuDtAw==

Merkle root

568de27ef784d24fced1ff6a77db7dd17bf4275bd5784f7795efbde800264945

Merkle path

["1b423e950c063dc618d498d4facc1650a7ba2ccdd2def742be15c554b4430b21","38609ea0addb78be44e7f602931bb8bad20e6162da89dfd1fda1f109e63c76d0","5f45cb36dee619512de0c54cb5958d5245f71dd5fc99c9a26b53a871245862a6","3468470771087018f599eeb36aefdc9780535c8096d993e96d091225909cb2db","0d6e43ea48f84e191ba367e5976b5de0d7f5736fb963613b5dc229c30912dcc2","05ebadc7496e62b6ffa85dc06a19467d3c29dccce59864113b1b3d51495049a6","a5585340d38778f58adfa21b9056cbc4d64fb54fe160805ecfe9d29407996094","d1a299975435d38aede5f945a8eb419f5719cdc4fcb189a3ae41949c6ac5bf1c","784b35bc425f91d687d16f2642558c0582acaf580b831077bc8c6e9e73215c42","6424a7819afc9357a905d1c7bdb9f9273bcadc25d725a7397cd256e7ab60f408","652c216406e856a72dbe75487a7d16db672a2a44072e5e29425d278426394c81","2d9d67358ed8d8aee140147256ef6965723f429d15554c26b18292985401cea4","b00deb9332470bdcb2bedfb8410150cfab1cc2f7a3ba959be220a4ee71e29732","3940a42145b26dbcc3a80df28cfd69a39fb071ca190610add4dbece01cccc9c7","b986cf6ce32ac8a848b3f8f187759eaad7c0ad1b455850f1924427e953c31abe"]

Anchored

2026-08-25

Public log entry

search.sigstore.dev, log index 2582597535 · entry 108e9186e8c5677a8508…

Expected log hash

20488e7687dc1a73ce99efebf3d47aaaffeefc76737db7dc492f239bf4ef26dc 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":"v1787625364142","kind":"published-quote","locale":"en","page":"brand:proton","quote":"it keeps dropping connection regardless of whatever settings I choose","rating":3,"review_date":"2026-08-12","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 (568de27ef784…), 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.