That's a weird fix, but only a little stranger than the wiki fix that said I should knock him out with a ranger take down then use a stealth boy and initiate conversation.
Thanks for the suggestion though.
Honestly I've kinda of given up fighting these weird bugs, might as well just play the game and chalk it up to the crazy wasteland.
Yes at least before the patch this works, I'm not sure if it's fixed yet though tbh.
ED-E is not flagged as a npc so anyone can loot his inventory at will, and most npc's at feeding time will loot whatever is in his inventory turning him hostile to them.
He and some others are just considered walking fridges I guess.
It does work, in the areotech offices outside of NV I kept getting it, without loading an earlier save I managed to quicly bring up ED-E and remove foodstuff.
No more angry mob afterwards.
On topic: Not being able to choose whether the faction clothing wil act as a disguse, most times I just want to wear something for the look not the effect.
It should be easy to do as well for any system not just the pc just a simple script change.