Signal's insistence on doing the wrong thing for 99% of users (storing media blobs in SQLite) drives me crazy. Protect our metadata over the wire, fine, but there is almost no additional protective benefit whatsoever by storing the files inside SQLCipher when the user's fingers can be broken one-by-one until they unlock their phone.
Meanwhile it causes issues just like this, not to mention broken integration with every audio/gallery/video app on the device.
Meanwhile it causes issues just like this, not to mention broken integration with every audio/gallery/video app on the device.