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 2776103867

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256)

42e614dedb716982cca985d464546a543b02c49682b4cd496a4cff73b75b76d8

Signature (Ed25519, base64)

+9WRgXPBv6G5pHV22NQXUmZ5mggstq1ujyH9bbZe5mDnHvwNBGekqFeVbGrXtrCh1XU1pOGd/crg7JPd8dG4Cg==

Merkle root

4dc0bd79ba3e9442f7f1feb21f347e2f6fdbc72e99098aa5164776a6202654a8

Merkle path

["42e544f981e143d2476593c97b01c56a6999f5930ff36e918f9484fab6578f4a","e3394b4e4f86e8c9c3627551626e33bcbfbf8995656e779793e67875b1a86d63","185ca7868aa14fa2e202b9517997dba54c65b43e669b650c62c2289c187dc9e4","9b2b86f9e3b725a381bedb9e85c067b9889a2b63d856a7303402a8fad6f17b9b","267337189e0fb1c01a91cb61470d749518d3cf8b35a16deb99b6d0006da39137","c2ceb5c5826633cec7d0207bb4a23ee8b214146fd0569c3fb0e3db48bacf6e12","8b407728c424308f2a93858a4d6fd09116cb6aad19781ab27888a47737348441","6ec1465f54324cc49e7c56cec0ae0d63985a2f6872f8b05f36e3dc1b97aaac5d","53d94c65dc616f77bbb943cc7dcf8b1fcdef877215871978213cfb647314bd1d","796c89ce9e9d70451764bb0b576b2473750f515dee6bfc33b3e5769d8b918038","b3cfe109b5bb9f243d20c2a271467917ea2dcd34b9b8849808c5bd9262017db2","5db6d47c594533280883338cc5dbafe319fd04677875292608d75d9596fea1f8","aafc4d7abd1fbd48f01758db3e1a1278331dd8c09b348c20be15802d81136ee9","72f96e42060ae616ed33b8fd6ac687c1899623eaa8a351026bf33e2e7a041d34","e60c2274998b06992577796b6abe86bec144203fe960878f7951a3ae12c9e532"]

Anchored

2026-09-10

Public log entry

search.sigstore.dev, log index 2776103867 · entry 108e9186e8c5677acd4f…

Expected log hash

2498329b7eaf275d309293dfbac35d05dfb8a55c65956add8448561c05945f28 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":"v1788848066028","kind":"published-quote","locale":"en","page":"theme:bitwarden/ordering/en","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 (4dc0bd79ba3e…), 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.