That's not what the article claims he says. "It was not, he says, an act of wizardly reverse engineering." The word "wizardly" is important here. He's denying

That's not what the article claims he says. "It was not, he says, an act of wizardly reverse engineering." The word "wizardly" is important here. He's denying reverse engineering, only that the reverse engineering wasn't "wizardly," or basically anything magical or special. Just plain old curiosity. Basically, the browser version of view source.