Am I tripping or if you upgrade Signal Desktop, it saves all your messages in plain text (messages.json) + attachments locally so you can re-import them in the newer version? #fail #wtf
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There is no magical pixie dust encryption algorithm that will protect your messages in such a way that whatever new version of Signal can access them but no other app or user can (on a desktop). If you have local access it's game over.
Android is different, because all apps have access to external storage, but per-app storage is isolated. This is why Signal Android encrypts its backups, since those backups *become* accessible to other apps, while active app data storage isn't.