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 3178600936

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256)

2811f7ff27ff8933f5a5730a853ca6729a7784d3ee8d824480725ef1b76b1537

Signature (Ed25519, base64)

+kC2lHKYLtBogoKCAJzRuSKDP5eU0HV3tBFNEvZkNchrDKcg77yP369MuD4pihVI5F4uxw+0LMU5uR4PWCkwCw==

Merkle root

eee462924587f8024361bc8d60043805cf5210f8bd2ef7667df06d093552f9e6

Merkle path

["2812b6938550ba22d75829517536dc94f5e96418f2ce7db0535e65caf5345bcf","1810697daacbc328f2f3f3f486ca637d7d0fa27d638cefc262d0a0e3750f16de","bd916cb311039868bd04550c1bf0bc4ebb5b0e7f8e943758b3e15aedce0c6ffd","261b5afac205d2ee189699cc9a99feb86336ba5a1226533a8ed952234df35cc4","3ea11ecbb7026dceae997a6e6ed48a2b5f27f0c773351c092b109e267144edcc","cb521786efbc9677374996f7d57ff001702fa580c846e347d9de544ac63387a0","a88428a8b7dd968df44dc103f036255fd181220e4d794e2bc6db63eb06d32298","13e274e362706fb2c715e17908bb122df69146719485a667d6304e2c09b6a23d","d829199c53de613eb9594cff8bb9dadc13072330a677620923f11506a785727a","f8fb6711bb02561b7966af98352e0bcae1942dbc433b29f1a5f41eccf10349d2","6c1510ff4366f01d9f3cf2782dde2248f86be32b568472e8b059185422448170","5a28204f9372278679ccf6b3ebe28cb3da342cbf292d2015dc590fde73763288","2671ebca141255a0c11a3bc51354d8cd008634f7e59a58a3f3f9dc756141bb9c","a445a39a48770a8fbc5d87a405ed660d401fa810eac6fbd1d284a96f8c7d5503","452f4fcbca19997a15e6a6869c50e026ff02cb90a6ef21da106ee0457e55941a"]

Anchored

2026-10-10

Public log entry

search.sigstore.dev, log index 3178600936 · entry 108e9186e8c5677a6a91…

Expected log hash

f3dccf508afcb5e89d56dabc8c5aead85de215b1b896d057d463ea1c1bdb13a3 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":"v1791606586319","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 (eee462924587…), 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.