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.

“On Mac, it disconnects, repeatedly asks for login credentials, and blocks many features.”
Google Play · 3/5 · 2026-05-06

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 2776103867

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256): 86de9e91733f6a8b47a20f703206d84bafaa1c428073ad399e73aaf5857ab585
Signature (Ed25519, base64): B+JOOqVCXbokPX9oQP0L4wFoQaKY/GXpkzry+gnGUlboBmzbr+SOOTVBbkeTiOZKqtklZER4DKbAyFE2YSThDg==
Merkle root: 4dc0bd79ba3e9442f7f1feb21f347e2f6fdbc72e99098aa5164776a6202654a8
Merkle path: ["86df88f90e0ba0ec58697487b0b5550cd40cc1ef6b606f2b952f817ef4e42022","0f1c8945ddb62f912c9e103e45c086aeb1fe5201c12037f2b3a15483d32434ed","263320b60d1ffb1064c341d5797e84587290a444771f80983158618899098c58","0bada85391c9013f5cb8c212896e24dda7a9b162cfedd0ffe9e859b6fe820cdf","15f2e0b310bd366fee800d10544bbf7e66c264d6b2b150f5d94f56b213f5911e","a92dbce7986c807199515a1b2a635942715b65062b85a14589d1a0275145f0cb","14279a515d36d0294d62a6e413163b56d7730fee4f78b83442fdeabf6855b46e","d0aafc39f9cd86bdf9a676d8ac236f7816e2897f6283d65c34ff65f758c8d0ab","38926b9b4aeb834ab025ea712829e47654d8cd5978cf473c98539b59269610ff","ea3b54c78a9139ab01b51181bfd269c261b7f3e1582fe68616980494f668dd73","b61a542d740f656beb42322ec68236b9e6629de7bf1013c4f1581ec4ad98bebd","d26424069f8ebada7d5db61084db1487cb6a3d9e3a9d7dea65c859d46af6bbd0","e3a1de018ae2658686c8ef0556fbf43b0147585a01189da83c1927e13f8542e0","d3f9820ef177ffb6742d93ecece273e46037aa87afa8ee19fc7a0b34f6ac592a","e60c2274998b06992577796b6abe86bec144203fe960878f7951a3ae12c9e532"]
Anchored: 2026-09-10
Public log entry: search.sigstore.dev, log index 2776103867 · entry 108e9186e8c5677acd4f…
Expected log hash: 2498329b7eaf275d309293dfbac35d05dfb8a55c65956add8448561c05945f28 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":"v1788848066028","kind":"published-quote","locale":"en","page":"subtheme:surfshark/quality/slow-speeds/en","quote":"On Mac, it disconnects, repeatedly asks for login credentials, and blocks many features.","rating":3,"review_date":"2026-05-06","source":"Google Play","source_url":"https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.surfshark.vpnclient.android","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 (4dc0bd79ba3e…), 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.