My main problem is with the article itself, there's no real detail behind "borked update process" and following the link to the blog item leads to a piece apparently predicated on the success of a CSRF attack based on "http://yoursite/?q=admin/reports/updates/check".
I've just tried this on a couple of drupal sites, and in each case I get the "Access denied" error in some guise or other. (As I would expect as I'm not logged in with admin privileges.)
It's been some time since I've seen a Drupal URL that includes "?q=..." so thanks for the trip down memory lane anyway!
Biting the hand that feeds IT
