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by unixhero 3666 days ago
My brand new Thinkpad T550 has an explicit ME config firmware I can enter. PRESS ENTER TO INTERRUPT BOOT -> F1 BIOS, F12 CUSTOM BOOT DEVICE, F9 INTEL ME SETUP

I can enter into it but its vital parts are password protected. Even though it is my computer, I cannot configure and control it. Scary. This is not the future I wanted.
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andreyv 3666 days ago
The default password is "admin".
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unixhero 3666 days ago
Nice one! Will try that.
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cm3 3666 days ago
Did it work?
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unixhero 3665 days ago
It accepted the password, though all uppercase "ADMIN". It then immediately wanted to set a new password, which fails every time. Possibly an undocumented password strength policy, but could be anything.
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