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.

“Be aware when you press that free trail button.”

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 2544236959

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256)

7b504a26c8a06bcdc3f2876078ca0b0fd2b8101a5c2df26d87583950ec35548e

Signature (Ed25519, base64)

VCUv1hp0RGB/qDUOx+y5Am3TshuGZOk3LuAbMe+lT8/nQ+PXoyA++pZ7wUJKr8hyG9Vdigb3aV2kyyuXt6frAg==

Merkle root

cc942239c46f13b1af6cdba0960a24a6cb62e7a7a462aae1e8126c0182dbffc3

Merkle path

["7b4e0ced9345c87e8bac91bddf7c85db0acd6f878e7093fad9b3289a3b43f71d","940d1a55fb8beec44695f62aaa0fedfd3d62ede456581edc972975407506fadd","70b7fe6ec29706d09bd35c8bf2cde3e54b1f0d85deacfe12245f6a960875d063","98d0e98426c9fa8ac61ffe1dc343eddce0e90aa422307228613503a1ef7c9589","9272fef04ef37ccd83d2ed8b0462f9a935c7124ab0b4339c70b8841c9b6d52ec","3c901da81627e8d649c8b3936a539272b8b8a2b386b2bf0b65b418f7ed770b33","20662ea308325aa1c128bc3b6d584d1626d032608b5195c7ee2bd562edc6bb0d","d4896efa6b73f1938645fdd2b6504abb70854e550eac2bd78f72d587958b8741","451d9b124a80a7f7e6ed562161ca74b3428f38c905ce12d5838aaecf10be360a","d19e759fcdb87e3b2e0139ef4ff97ed725890537bd05ea92d98d470e2b855c52","c7775b9e0b82b452fd12eb4ac8ccbfd59820cca493aa84a08727c7067af299c1","2bca97f857ef11c2282d4c0c8ee7bed471ff3783f53db54042676da3abeb02d8","775dd8d6e832b06f7b7ef77a85216bb9af7105f607664e433fc30abab21ec3fe","9a1346831517d7bfe15c9cafe704fcdd7e5320eb2bcb608a630afaaba7d67d2d","f25e568e6bd90a5619f6d6d975016290629a8afed06b80200730e4e12fb2d1bc"]

Anchored

2026-08-21

Public log entry

search.sigstore.dev, log index 2544236959 · entry 108e9186e8c5677a0341…

Expected log hash

c82e13ba2a716d66def44df55ff50c2e9db35da204570a7fd5650a8bc2702db2 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":"v1787290890795","kind":"published-quote","locale":"en","page":"theme:acrobat/returns/en","quote":"Be aware when you press that free trail button.","rating":3,"review_date":"2026-07-20","source":"Google Play","source_url":"https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.adobe.reader","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 (cc942239c46f…), 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.