Proper use cases for Android UserManager.isUserAGoat()?

I was looking at the new APIs introduced in Android 4.2. While looking at the UserManager class I came across the following method:
    public boolean isUserAGoat()
     Used to determine whether the user making this call is subject to teleportations.
    Returns whether the user making this call is a goat.
How and when should this be used?

Answer:

From their source, the method used to return false until it was changed in API 21.
/**
 * Used to determine whether the user making this call is subject to
 * teleportations.
 * @return whether the user making this call is a goat 
 */
public boolean isUserAGoat() {
    return false;
}
It looks like the method has no real use for us as developers. Someone has previously stated that it might be an Easter egg.
Edit:
In API 21 the implementation was changed to check if there is an installed app with the package com.coffeestainstudios.goatsimulator
/**
 * Used to determine whether the user making this call is subject to
 * teleportations.
 *
 * <p>As of {@link android.os.Build.VERSION_CODES#LOLLIPOP}, this method can
 * now automatically identify goats using advanced goat recognition technology.</p>
 *
 * @return Returns true if the user making this call is a goat.
 */
public boolean isUserAGoat() {
    return mContext.getPackageManager()
            .isPackageAvailable("com.coffeestainstudios.goatsimulator");
}
Here is the source link

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13375357/proper-use-cases-for-android-usermanager-isuseragoat

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