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.

“Why does the application ask to save the password?”

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 3273174405

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256)

33ae073bfe3e77f475e510108b47cfe24a0b2a3070642522239e1801ec3ace9b

Signature (Ed25519, base64)

zacityjmpnPVWYgHfz64evH7ea7UqRsDgc7xDBpP8v+l7CkERbDiiw+SFpq1v71q7Aqvxj7/XHXJ0axu8kEzBA==

Merkle root

a69839899d35e428e965dda22faa8c37ab9f1f9e8354c5c301a0cc1dd97ec994

Merkle path

["33aedefc9a5be3433e348a4a8f96eabeae4ec9410e1817c469184cafc2d52c73","ef56f49ecfdfce5f455fbf2f30c76a13904a33abb68f1016e4201a919936c90d","262451a4ad0ce352a96b412d20be318f8ee7ac10c9c4a2334fb843e27231b649","331a1ad35e9ce6a3a39a688b902d2400c7aa122ecf4d0be9fc563ce02c0cdaa4","dcdba65d69a503a025829a6438e3d4319e9ddc5e9d7111483ad354977f82d5ff","5b2e1ed6d676dc0206ea70fb843fc96c40c4c64cf2cc4d78a483652c5dfd3196","b02ede250945acb92b41e4bb8f4d5a47eccaa7536875b38a81d48845dd7587cd","43122837d7ec7ed5782efe34fcb66cac5c6c69bef8fdceb27b240a60f2495f9f","99a8619a2027d87cbf226339dba57d77d30e104aa60a5ba3847824ab148ada4f","cfe3fe365877fb24cf034319290259aab08ef180c1bc00a5c3ed11834730d507","ff7277eab9fccc1be5838f9d5ebcf9f1572e84dffe953d855ef70fe521412a13","48072dccf34406d20883cec701fce66bc2705f5d4c15636c2ca8b10cf03adeb2","c91b6bd41b0d77873850967d2a33b58afe5c9b2077c41a3bc5e3eb1e0269e91c","baf50621c43237ae6460207428b54bf7432b36069b72ded7c303da6c80c67c5e"]

Anchored

2026-10-16

Public log entry

search.sigstore.dev, log index 3273174405 · entry 108e9186e8c5677afa7d…

Expected log hash

a8603da072baf84665c1f8a43f623ad1abcc708773f195fc7b697ae45f09c136 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":"v1792120797404","kind":"published-quote","locale":"en","page":"brand:bitwarden","quote":"Why does the application ask to save the password?","rating":2,"review_date":"2026-08-27","source":"Google Play","source_url":"https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.x8bit.bitwarden","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 (a69839899d35…), 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.