https://edri.org/our-work/european-commission-discusses-going-dark-behind-closed-doors/
"For digital rights groups, its overall political agenda is particularly concerning. The initiative is guided by the dangerously misleading concept of “security by design” introduced in the Council’s original scoping paper. This notion, although mirroring the key EU data protection obligation of “privacy by design and by default”, seems to actually serve diametrically opposed goals."
If you remember George Orwell's 1984, the ministries do the opposite of whatever it is they say they're doing.
"However, their requests were turned down and they were invited instead to submit written comments, which, if deemed relevant, could lead to a proper invitation at a later date."
Presumably, that would require nodding along to everything they want...
