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 SOFTWARE DID NOT SAY I NEED AN UPDATED VERSION LIKE EVERY OTHER APP DOES”

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)

9c0471962e57eee3d01e4b658359f54dfdad878e5fa8a30620831dfce0f31f5f

Signature (Ed25519, base64)

/B7iAEdHlGklyO7+VI7Y1oafeXMIFjRABGE0zmOArNsnJeKVmjA+t4b/yEvJAZDZw2QIWWwL38abyDleFx7KCw==

Merkle root

97eb1062a862b99998bef0a84476eb3c3812bb77c2cb927f4fd2933b59da9e3d

Merkle path

["9c07dcaf58e99f697f11e8539b4e31bb7da1f42a0176cd59b927711c1ea1587a","4480560f829dde1233894c120a3137051ecf3f7bb719956b5e6b0dc21f238b16","17aacb7f9246d6cd12d08adfd4b258d47cf9969079a8924f8600e797aff1195b","3f7e31607363bebd2ca32418f8a354d9c20a4cb82c2cd464b77292fd236c3d9c","f3e02a7756895865a0ce1a7d64c24a02121c74916384fb8e59d5ce6d0e3dbcde","fd2364a06939fb83aded93b47eb785b2d1eee4d30ef09bde47270b94942f0162","f6c091a5446960e597f70304080aa718c9b9b5bc1029cbefcc3daec174bc34d6","79a8c20627c7f1ceebeba9c84584f3cf7e7f8f942ef7b0c4397d749f7a5057f4","6bd2aa32f98fe2a0fa2f84ba4d7233c14f99f3fc77c93807de598d71544e5966","643da713f764b7be002ea8ab2e8a6faeddecacb745c361b22825077702c8faa7","7d7f77ad1d1b5b329ae9df2d9c4d3f987a64dd198ca897e32bb89e242691f902","0bbaca186fa570cfa914cb3e4cb0d5d663a77ff60ade12385fa90fdfef78367f","6772a6b2cfb742f4baa103e424787f6ab6a8cbdfc294db886f1451f7c9752077","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:keeper/service/en","quote":"THE SOFTWARE DID NOT SAY I NEED AN UPDATED VERSION LIKE EVERY OTHER APP DOES","rating":1,"review_date":"2026-08-11","source":"Trustpilot","source_url":"https://www.trustpilot.com/reviews/6a7b52b9a89dc786972c954f","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 (97eb1062a862…), 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.