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 3140838741

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256)

56ab3ead546cd6ce9c72358472f1d41fc50140bb9c21b563dd3868e4ca9ad91c

Signature (Ed25519, base64)

ySsJkBGlVGNrDbtdbEbGnI5qhlCiYb8FAzun3Sunn6BjrFwW6KcBAv4l0hl5oMWuhY90DR1LjDvAD3CAO6C2CQ==

Merkle root

68ee5f8618d9ce1aa33f2cb5b6f3145b5f909a3c35a03ccc3d10e979b2f81082

Merkle path

["56a744f4d1b15d306add2bf97dda99dea278ccf380bdca81d175c2d8d95fc91f","a5e7e69dd80d70e1a948eb0d5f4bdfbca1f5c829efa1d532871b6e11c8a7349e","8d7c9280db8f494a5fb8e55fb09fb9b9805615ba35baa334543079655d49cb99","d2ba8936831e1a21a6f4daa60e955a2a0c33dda98c1e47ed3538d102ca7d6f74","7883db60a3985e97066f4206135ebb8c4a160cf4a52aa00b075c987511f55b29","42dc162ec12ee2e02c7c5a841c7e29c8ab9d5967db6da48884538509889d371e","84ca32f835a3b4275ee1b65f1ea06f9fe25d98135b461d71360db88107c8904c","451045a3214eade53ea7ea06cc4f3c76b9ec0cd69e6a3c1639daa20dfc83d002","b2eaf2db1c5656d623fa2ef5844ff332111178124c8b2ec8f165e7172d684d3a","c2389d10203a24e3b830eba6c155c45210c3554b267e2c9a3891c67e78682540","4959d9c0aa87a08b0b6035ebe7485c4d8104e82fcda44d9a69e3910c45433f02","c6e64e12e0b8b2f5eca9fac3d3f3899ea445ebb78d97caa0a799132e0d17d541","71e82fca1bf2ae48cb6a9adcd3ce0a0d0fa2dea7d80e41cfa26b2813f59587ef","e66299710f80b56c392136748910ac59d79a991f3e479ea8a96c5c23e200aa78","418554fa0ebde54d6cdcc03145c7126505ed96d3734e8e7ae56dc0dfd8ca0a2e"]

Anchored

2026-10-08

Public log entry

search.sigstore.dev, log index 3140838741 · entry 108e9186e8c5677a4791…

Expected log hash

ca4949400cf2d29b49789563ea2e672fc73762380548d6fd65398e40c0d98728 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":"v1791433229105","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 (68ee5f8618d9…), 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.