ahh.. it's already been debunked.. that's what i get for working a 10 hour day and catching up on my reading after only 4 hours of sleep.
http://twitter.com/musclenerd
"Common sense (and simple code inspection) shows that "leak" by "Alpha" about iPhone4 OTA re-locking to be silly FUD."
Still.. funny. and weird. why would someone make up this crap?