What duly authenticated meant revolved around a ninety-nine-digit code key which had been ‘hardwired’ into Peer’s model-of-a-brain when his Copy was generated from his scan file. He could summon it up consciously if he had to, in some unlikely emergency, but normally he made use of it by a simple act of will. He’d record a video postcard, wish it to be duly authenticated – and it was done.
