That's not true and wouldn't work on OpenBSD anyway (binaries are not compatible). The files you're copying from another device are just encryption keys.
There are also things on eBay with a starting price of less than a dollar with free shipping that never get bids. I "won" two auctions like this the other week for brand new USB-C cables, each of them costing me 13 cents shipped.
I have no idea why sellers would do this with eBay fees and USPS small package shipping costing well over 13 cents.
From the headline, one might assume he directly edited or locked the page when he just commented on the article's discussion page that it should have a more neutral tone.