I just heard about this. It seems like it’s in addition to EU Chat Control.
The European Commission’s High-Level Group (HLG) first shared 42 recommendations back in June on how to implement a “lawful data access by design” framework to ensure data access for effective law enforcement across all digital devices and online platforms.
The goal is to make the digital devices we use every day, from smartphones and smart homes to IoT devices and even cars, legally and technically monitorable at all times by law enforcement bodies.
Encryption (the scrambling of data into an unreadable form to prevent unauthorized access), stored data and localization access, data retention practices, and anonymization offered by virtual private networks are among the main targets.
From this article:-
Civil societies warn against EU plans to make digital devices monitorable at all times