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varispeed on July 25, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: Signal on Android: Images sent to wrong contacts

Why would anyone think that re-use of ID was a good idea?

hnarn on July 25, 2021 | [–]

I'm not defending the practice of re-using a database ID, but it's absolutely something that can happen (or change) as an oversight rather than an active choice from the developer.

doctor_eval on July 25, 2021 | [–]

Perhaps that’s why it was a bug?

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