Many of its products — and those of many other similar companies — contained administrative passwords that were set in the factory and were difficult or impossible to change. (scientificamerican.com)
The TPM is the chip responsible for a whole bunch of stuff — mostly having to do with securely storing really sensitive content like security keys and administrative passwords for your device. (androidcentral.com)
According to court filings, this incident was a culmination of a long - simmering dispute between Childs and his managers, who had been seeking administrative passwords to the network. (slaw.ca)