Considering that they left the HAP flag in the open and even commented it in an XML file; considering how it does not disable all of ME, but only certain bits;

Considering that they left the HAP flag in the open and even commented it in an XML file; considering how it does not disable all of ME, but only certain bits; and contrasting it with the otherwise inscrutable, encrypted, and tamper-proof nature of ME, it's hard not to see it as a honeypot or bait.