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.

“Apple Password is a much better, free service”

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 3272785693

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256)

332ffae625bc2cfb5c39ff0e4097a12640accc9464f02a58ec8b16df59470cb0

Signature (Ed25519, base64)

w4IMFShqnHfqMDuEDQkIToOq/CI4sLQm9d/GzAqX/pfnI9sikaZ97j2DGltErrZH4Zr5L0MEQgCVXxqWHMj4BQ==

Merkle root

42ee8ba4b974d737f78b7f168d0af8ea0510697ac4ab4c6db44b5522bd195660

Merkle path

["332e33472913ed4a264034719a5d73839c53553fab85c6223ff053212a469113","1b411bf6fbf3addf09104458eb19eba42657b186a57955da5c32f3b606a7d7c7","6f73954b87b5536b88fec5f693b6ee03124a8e3c7d6f4a0cef5cf5b6680a444a","1d7878bc1947d3b35e443ee0eac319108b854eeb9318429c5661af3f98420ebe","3f2525ea31006b27bd605b3f3ec37f62b66ad734c1a03e252635b3cb67f2e1b3","a279b0c6dda2a3ec9fb2c6cf869fb5c0f46ce6c05be0e01273b4cd01c5f00d3e","7f92c9e799bfb55b96c90819e0f3c865ab357b3cdce36143f72307d46666a96c","e80b84323fa5bb094ec1e25cb1be1d5d6556dec3b3059f5617b9b8f916e6a089","0845466f175928224488936c554b3e9e8078b10e2f0266c5d2c3aaec4ebb7854","c15bec133dcd4ef10b7c616d24091dc865f2275b937dff526b6f7efb8dae4af2","a2b46a1a793b32df1d1c7215f98613a95eb5843e284cc2bb9a43f7d9bef3a545","5f15fc19c161cf1b078cec1dbb446ebe0ad796b02ab5da46a3b86356dc6581b7","49dd732b74591111793e90f822c8febb6b4e9dba2f427a61f4d9f7035d4c82e9","c77ac7da32c6d4db47aeb73e606322601c1bed1566533de53bf56d1599928d0e"]

Anchored

2026-10-16

Public log entry

search.sigstore.dev, log index 3272785693 · entry 108e9186e8c5677ad5db…

Expected log hash

3b93391ec0595ab5c0ff73f2540eb1322f56c3c1302e6789c57b97c74423deaf 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":"v1792118508353","kind":"published-quote","locale":"en","page":"brand:dashlane","quote":"Apple Password is a much better, free service","rating":1,"review_date":"2026-08-30","source":"Apple App Store","source_url":"https://apps.apple.com/us/app/id517914548?see-all=reviews","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 (42ee8ba4b974…), 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.