Take what I say here with a grain of salt, but I read something on the forum about this.
I believe it was a committee that was tasked with review and implementation, government requests for hardware/software access for government covert needs.
This doesn’t mean the government always got what it wanted. This an industry group that listened and probably did coordinate with the government in some ways.
I can’t address specifics, so I don’t make a determination on it. It does seem to be fertile ground for problematic things though.
Thanks DoughtyOne. Can’t find too much information on this one. Carly is playing on this connection.