diff --git a/desktop/src-tauri/gen/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml b/desktop/src-tauri/gen/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
index 97a6a67..23d83b2 100644
--- a/desktop/src-tauri/gen/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/desktop/src-tauri/gen/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@
     <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
     <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.RECORD_AUDIO" />
     <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.MODIFY_AUDIO_SETTINGS" />
+    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.CAMERA" />
     <uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.microphone" android:required="true" />
+    <uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.camera" android:required="false" />
 
     <!-- AndroidTV support -->
     <uses-feature android:name="android.software.leanback" android:required="false" />
diff --git a/desktop/src-tauri/gen/android/app/src/main/java/com/wzp/desktop/MainActivity.kt b/desktop/src-tauri/gen/android/app/src/main/java/com/wzp/desktop/MainActivity.kt
index b6a5b9e..a0430f4 100644
--- a/desktop/src-tauri/gen/android/app/src/main/java/com/wzp/desktop/MainActivity.kt
+++ b/desktop/src-tauri/gen/android/app/src/main/java/com/wzp/desktop/MainActivity.kt
@@ -16,10 +16,19 @@ class MainActivity : TauriActivity() {
     private const val AUDIO_PERMISSIONS_REQUEST = 4242
     private val REQUIRED_AUDIO_PERMISSIONS = arrayOf(
       Manifest.permission.RECORD_AUDIO,
-      Manifest.permission.MODIFY_AUDIO_SETTINGS
+      Manifest.permission.MODIFY_AUDIO_SETTINGS,
+      Manifest.permission.CAMERA
     )
   }
 
+  // NOTE: granting CAMERA at the Android system layer is necessary but NOT
+  // sufficient for video on Android. Tauri/Wry's internal WebChromeClient
+  // does not currently grant `getUserMedia` permission requests, so the
+  // browser-layer getUserMedia call still fails even after the OS grants
+  // CAMERA. Fixing this needs either a Tauri plugin that overrides the
+  // WebChromeClient, or a native Camera2/CameraX capture path that bypasses
+  // the WebView. Tracked as a follow-up.
+
   override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
     enableEdgeToEdge()
     super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
diff --git a/desktop/src-tauri/src/engine.rs b/desktop/src-tauri/src/engine.rs
index 5e986bf..d7cbd7e 100644
--- a/desktop/src-tauri/src/engine.rs
+++ b/desktop/src-tauri/src/engine.rs
@@ -615,10 +615,12 @@ impl CallEngine {
                 video_codec = ?hs.video_codec,
                 "first-join diag: connected to relay, handshake complete"
             );
-            Arc::new(wzp_client::encrypted_transport::EncryptingTransport::new(
-                transport,
-                hs.session,
-            ))
+            // NOTE: see comment in CallEngine::start (~line 1585) — we intentionally
+            // do NOT wrap with EncryptingTransport. The pairwise client↔relay session
+            // key can't be used end-to-end without MLS or relay re-encryption.
+            drop(hs.session);
+            let _ = hs.video_codec;
+            transport
         } else {
             info!(
                 t_ms = call_t0.elapsed().as_millis(),
@@ -1584,6 +1586,12 @@ impl CallEngine {
         // accept_handshake handler. See the android branch's
         // comment for the full rationale.
         let quinn_transport = transport.clone();
+        // NOTE: EncryptingTransport is intentionally NOT wrapping the transport here.
+        // The client↔relay handshake derives a pairwise session key, but the relay
+        // forwards media without decrypt+re-encrypt — so a recipient with a different
+        // pairwise key cannot decrypt the sender's ciphertext. True E2E for the SFU
+        // model needs MLS group keys (or hop-by-hop relay re-encryption); until that
+        // PRD lands, media goes plaintext-over-QUIC-TLS to the relay.
         let (_negotiated_video_codec, transport): (_, Arc<dyn wzp_proto::MediaTransport>) =
             if !is_direct_p2p {
                 let hs =
@@ -1594,13 +1602,8 @@ impl CallEngine {
                             e
                         })?;
                 info!(video_codec = ?hs.video_codec, "handshake complete");
-                let enc = Arc::new(
-                    wzp_client::encrypted_transport::EncryptingTransport::new(
-                        transport,
-                        hs.session,
-                    ),
-                );
-                (hs.video_codec, enc)
+                drop(hs.session);
+                (hs.video_codec, transport)
             } else {
                 info!("direct P2P — skipping relay handshake (QUIC TLS is the encryption layer)");
                 (None, transport)