The new format is simpler but less efficient for small integers, short
strings and short byte arrays.

Note that this is only the generator part of Fortuna, not the
accumulator. The generator requires a seed, which is provided by a
platform-specific implementation of SeedProvider. On Linux the
implementation reads the seed from /dev/urandom.

If the schema of the database is incompatible with the schema expected
by the code, the database throws a DbSchemaException. LifecycleManager
indicates the error to BriarService, which uses HomeScreenActivity to
show a notification and quit the app.