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.

“The lack of transparency creates unnecessary confusion”
Apple App Store · 1/5 · 2026-06-04

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 2671517691

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256): 366b951e22133c884e8d54aed9a94e60a8dc4c1d6a0a4b9922dfacfb6c95786c
Signature (Ed25519, base64): efB+DFN/dDDJrFH2MBOtpo/RMM+WDxgptuRfCVwsxE5Y+LS00Dac/v/9KW42D4ZND2t8lJ9ETHh1jZ97J6enCA==
Merkle root: beebb1e90fe7e67e33cbec0f03b99eb76d51091b0320624790586a3cdacfd28a
Merkle path: ["366c810cbb5b0e0e0350aa932cd1a5ef77da319b9f31b228e456e5bfee440117","70ffaafed2684147fef93cf26027afde73cc57b5935fe8257ecb10d49df34435","89b2d2b3e9b632708880a166bbe475b188889f9e1c92bcadfbc78d797d9dadaf","dff2fa9e6e4a7bba586f630a922cefcdfe43c89b045ad157bb567d08c2325a4c","5ccd7f0e44dca85e16334501e20246ea990b51fb9cd247dd9759a58b4ae8db63","82d82f6d1707fa53430fa5a372b9e8c307a9ed6ed1a7ed5c673e53c7437360b6","54a179f6f97f0d96e30cca31225b6c3ff838a0956ba68569406ecbef7a7e6da5","eac70ed95db4119e3fbf15c704a4988165f8aeb028ed3242947950d049c0ee2e","b01ea5a24365186dc2d4c20bf8d5b16916cd583c1020f7b27ab6a427652738c5","63a681854de78daff3239ebde618eb865331e8f835b84e51b391b34db15bcefc","74bf27d507110a554bc1576e901ea20b731feb7da3b004f3b327a7a16ece9f07","cf208af2d490e22fe6f5e36d8dba69b650aa21b08e5b7bd693ed40febfb29882","ffc053a062f9e6cb18779790fba8e7c59361058b739baab31a512a4c25b45e54","8e83ff51c482865a520be89d3588d4953cd4ef6526700cb062f0cfe87ac941c4","59e1d7599efc1b651191f22a2d0a899f2a3b0ab0131905b8aa9a10b3a6f59e7d"]
Anchored: 2026-09-01
Public log entry: search.sigstore.dev, log index 2671517691 · entry 108e9186e8c5677ae4c6…
Expected log hash: 207971f16b8b3b4c1e6f63e8e9291188fb84b37111ae3e0c78101499642ca382 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":"v1788236415966","kind":"published-quote","locale":"en","page":"brand:swica","quote":"The lack of transparency creates unnecessary confusion","rating":1,"review_date":"2026-06-04","source":"Apple App Store","source_url":"https://apps.apple.com/ch/app/id1451930779?see-all=reviews","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 (beebb1e90fe7…), 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.