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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Android has insecure *storage*. A desktop has insecure *everything* (unless you use user separation, but then other users shouldn't be able to access the backup file anyway).
If you have no privilege boundary across app *execution* (as is the default on desktops) then no amount of encryption is going to help you. Android *does* have that, hence storage encryption adds value. It does not on a desktop.
