That's only for the arm/armv6 images. The entire excerpt reads: "Note regarding arm/armv6 images: For convenience for those without console access to the syst

That's only for the arm/armv6 images. The entire excerpt reads: "Note regarding arm/armv6 images: For convenience for those without console access to the system, a freebsd user with a password of freebsd is available by default for ssh(1) access. Additionally, the root user password is set to root. It is strongly recommended to change the password for both users after gaining access to the system." I feel that if you are installing FreeBSD on ARM devices your cluefulness is quite high and this shouldn't impact you ...