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 app, supposedly focused on literature, promotes AI.”
Google Play · 2/5 · 2026-08-15

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 2515345787

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256): 62e844fbed131eab4d98c6177e2547210447c6c03ef434fc48b802be6ca44155
Signature (Ed25519, base64): VOBPCvxkj5isQwTnZYoHYH84J6bmALn3n9SkuHlC7kEgpjLmno2MxHPL0DHfMEIgwTQ5xRz71yebK6q8JnWACQ==
Merkle root: e61c2598d4d03770603e24740bcc427581e87bcbeea2e56dc34fd81a9f496465
Merkle path: ["62e9d47df96ed5b7d6e9f9917cdd332614bfb6155cae79ea34afe82b58b03d03","b1abc6330b3865f05ba3f3d240f3cc54ec26e7a28d362c51d7ca57f4b44d6fdc","11cbde3fd02c3bbf2792c7553f81e9ae5067cf3527118b3a4e75b231026e2d24","b1c57a1017f413d1b18a6271d3679a44cc2971d331ece0c83ceb28eab91f2918","fe97a192cc639dea91dbb9ec85cf2c8d7825576cedece48ef203f76f5bb5f762","18826b3c437bc5935f871e85794df882019996477df93903f8ebb280e02fd244","7607650f7c9e7ab53b2554d4f4b3b349fb16d103d8823822c12782e263242f5e","f826525dcc9364e4abfff5443701fda1951030a9ebec38e8c9dcbc27dac34a7e","fe9226b77b9b3321d55158aa89e31be9d5992450849ae63cfd8547a1f8caee8c","6c25688165195be0b1823f717b99bce9d9d79637c7735ddba62ac488a81e9982","10f45470031536fc8a54f3b7e678c1fd29f39413ed74b889aaa6ceb20acdf2e6","d6a60e2106352e5dc4a29403d9d5c2ba3b108dc5f0ffc3f9ff74c9776290fc3e","7f1d0c445bb13ae8c90e977abd9f4b017f1736dd8a0b6837e8297de8e292d186","f1950e4af29dd22cc94bc58ead6e376c41b02edc9ab0ebaff7fa6fa0f9bd3732","11a62e67a9d98d919358ca5b8855f911ccdc865f14b203213de31adc67657443"]
Anchored: 2026-08-19
Public log entry: search.sigstore.dev, log index 2515345787 · entry 108e9186e8c5677a749c…
Expected log hash: d9a90b5e7311041bf4315991ca7f2fbceee461daa2ae70a8b8b95323461a31cd 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":"v1787140356347","kind":"published-quote","locale":"de","page":"theme:storytel/quality/de","quote":"The app, supposedly focused on literature, promotes AI.","rating":2,"review_date":"2026-08-15","source":"Google Play","source_url":"https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=grit.storytel.app","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 (e61c2598d4d0…), 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.