The image of the test point pads covered with soldermask is quite interesting. If they are modifying the PCB to put soldermask over the pads for production, wh

The image of the test point pads covered with soldermask is quite interesting. If they are modifying the PCB to put soldermask over the pads for production, why not just remove the pads? Are they still in the design for field recovery or work? Does anyone know? Curious to learn some tricks. [0] https://res.cloudinary.com/sysforensics/image/upload/c_scale,w_400/v1458082960/clean_taps_pkiiig.png https://res.cloudinary.com/sysforensics/image/upload/c_scale...