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#223: Simple Piece of Grace
October 4th, 2019 · 68 minutes
Andy and Flo talk about the backdoor you should not exploit on your Huawei Mate P30 Pro to install Google Apps. Plus, we'll dive into why Google is being scrutinized over DNS encryption in Chrome, and look over the latest batch of Pixel 4 "leaks."
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19:50: Huawei Mate Pro P30 had a backdoor for installing official Google Apps
21:20: Security researcher John Wu wrote a Medium post about his investigation into the app
31:00: House Antitrust Investigators Now Scrutinizing Google's Plans to Add DNS Encryption to Chrome
42:00: Google Blog: Keeping privacy and security simple, for you
50:40: [9to5Google got the official specs sheet for the Pixel 4]
9https://9to5google.com/2019/10/02/exclusive-google-pixel-4-4-xl-spec-sheet-neural-core/)01:03:15: Pixel 4 photo samples