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 do I need to download an app just to log into my account?”
Google Play · 1/5 · 2026-09-05

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 2789279696

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256): 6ec9bb06bab31b13ccbf0685e30d2696540ed44c6c5683f6202c968ea36903b9
Signature (Ed25519, base64): xvMCmkHSUcuXyk7ZhshHgCK9x/YZLYsye52AnwJKIfnhvgFTqxOlsplEan2oBd9wzSdXZOxrnUCxUXgX8onFDw==
Merkle root: 97eb1062a862b99998bef0a84476eb3c3812bb77c2cb927f4fd2933b59da9e3d
Merkle path: ["6ec11f2467798da6e72ba6cfc2600c1cb75bea121c0d9db055fcd6910ad98b7d","f5cf13e065097f1aef367405ae124d5cb5057a67084a9252455a7f6add0255e3","557a3dea40d899ad9ed63603b6b104f66d400b6e9ae66f77e23af7ace6161e81","2da5d60bf51b8d476718c985efe1e9bf188984b812dc9abe0f0a9ab7e6eb17ce","cc93b98d42bdef9de9b0fecdb5cfab05345c1b3c840733c91e7e545d15327596","7a7be44a899f9e5e21751a8555073fc9eb30f5ea25ed57542dfe39347f863cef","729cf572c1a4e6abacb643bad2d8e2f2f69e663e2a75b02d274f51d0f5ca9912","f3db81f41cf69db4fe8dacdfc3920ccaeeb5e935122462fa1942f99511cda718","11493506c81e89c9145f95cc3d5a5663f327503d1401b28f95af941476422e85","6025bb34265d6164508e73f9e4fbe5fde5e838d5d0fe5ff539c4e424d3d616fb","a6ba2320bebdb525294e32051203a108db199dafa5e32fdd427ef9ada1bf92a4","cc930d9a14ea152753caf04b31f0e79f0b00ba63dec8c58c38ded3f85cfd7dad","66d13e8b5300f6cf7ae49f9f9692863758845bb98773f7a2bbb28032eed5ad1c","90e3c3ed08ff9f4dee6683cf95bfff311f4715cac07e97ca75ea5b9bcf13efe4","01242865574478f13dcf9d888236d7a907264abdb87f360db7db06de0945075a"]
Anchored: 2026-09-11
Public log entry: search.sigstore.dev, log index 2789279696 · entry 108e9186e8c5677a3885…
Expected log hash: 05c7009ecf7ce5cf315c252c2a1dd135e64989a02cacdaaa3c5a87412a2e921c 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":"v1789017464005","kind":"published-quote","locale":"en","page":"theme:xero/ordering/en","quote":"Why do I need to download an app just to log into my account?","rating":1,"review_date":"2026-09-05","source":"Google Play","source_url":"https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.xero.authenticator","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 (97eb1062a862…), 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.