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.
“You can't delete things while looking at them.”
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 2515033577
Proof data
- Record hash (SHA-256)
651fa021a6d8e17f44cd621e0c7fdf794cc0693d832e9bc9270d418e454da499- Signature (Ed25519, base64)
8ROiRsJK6Ivrt0GXrq8aaBADIW74WZkCqxe5LP7sqiNf2DtFu679sM1MXSZ3p7CfOnQYzzcZEhygzMLpOrYFAA==- Merkle root
62390602d5b1801b2c96dd61074fd5810278db65461e368ee19c9bb147d249dc- Merkle path
["651cc94c28b1791be4d55d104e6dcca7d18e3f276596cb3f2f2157b2d96165d2","318bf7f81004c713349d0dc0c0edfe59dbb491c30008adc05058068fb396e275","c80edb7fc6b65a320ec6194cd71dc43f588c0a0b28ec5dd8595e675425ee615c","b65c42909ee10a22553843de533da880dd434d79fcc4b736a6ebec05ab6b173f","71d8fb59ba6db1ca6442867f01cf26bec29ae6737f2ee4deaf698490b6fe77ca","ab6388a2474072b1edce4d75ae118ca8cbb7d315766894029fdc98e0794c2f86","f43f6633f2bf2945f63a0233ec3df173735f41b160fcccbb1bbf492d6c40f017","f55d24fa4bf782021ad822ae7fd17259e81e6e4718826a830c0cd8737b00feae","d68761447dff9d90d4db442ee71e66ce2051c324337396ac421870d174e3ddf6","bc8bf56776142307c1ca7d3a3513b38ec141d77afae8de425352c55c260786dc","f0c371e3549c31ccccf5de55acf0cb3bdeb258801c4d15f1bce6c1d6c854da0f","b0dc0c20548098133de3f9452c9e18550b81c81910057c978f584db23dcbfca8","a5b0f88103dec63c80bc1707eab835572838fff5f43aed265827460436ca21e9","baf7c3a9a57269bbb0661385ae981f5f3219ae8da84a7502572e283df3bc7435","9092fce07a46a5708f071a70ba5ae2d3ebe27de5e813ea1756180e7747d7c5d9"]- Anchored
- 2026-08-19
- Public log entry
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search.sigstore.dev, log index 2515033577 · entry
108e9186e8c5677aaea6… - Expected log hash
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458ac564101d02a2c8a5f98465ce4e920300682f0855e017234ab870c48a16cfThe log entry'sspec.data.hash.valuemust equal this value: the SHA-256 of the Merkle root string above. Recompute it yourself from the root to confirm. - Canonical record
{"dataset_version":"v1787135948936","kind":"published-quote","locale":"en","page":"theme:acrobat/ordering/en","quote":"You can't delete things while looking at them.","rating":3,"review_date":"2026-08-06","source":"Google Play","source_url":"https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.adobe.reader","v":1}
Verify in the public log
- Open the Rekor entry (pre-filled with this proof's log index).
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In the entry, compare
spec.data.hash.valuewith the "Expected log hash" above: it is the SHA-256 of the Merkle root string (62390602d5b1…), which ties this proof's root to the log entry. -
Decode
spec.signature.publicKey.contentfrom base64: it must equal Citatio's published key at /.well-known/citatio-signing.json. -
The entry's
integratedTimeis 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.