TFA said so. One was hired by Chinese agents, as a private investigator. He called on an old friend to do the access, in exchange for a gift card.
What does TFA mean? (yes, i googled and I'm pretty sure it's not two factor authentication)
the fucking article
Most likely derived from the developer phrase "RTFM" (read the fucking manual)
I would note that TFA has slightly ameliorated; it wasn't intended to sound mean as "the fucking article" suggests. It's commonly used to just mean "the article", with the swear word sort of disappearing. I hope I didn't cause offense; I just didn't want consider it.
I always thought it was "the featured article"
That is cute. Like a story I heard about a kid that thought WTF stood for "Wow, that's funny".
I'm surprised this thread is on HN, and it actually gives me hope.
Why The Face?
The Fine Article. Like RTFM, Read The Fine Manual, or more often a slight variant.