This quote hits the nail on the head about #signal.
"Signal is finally tightening its desktop client's security by changing how it stores plain text encryption keys for the data store after downplaying the issue since 2018."
via https://infosec.exchange/@BleepingComputer/112769833568987287
It's just like the username feature that people begged for since the RedPhone/TextSecure days ended so they wouldn't have to disclose their phone numbers to Signal and everyone they chat with.
Aftet roughly 8 years of pleading, the users finally got a partial win. Signal still forces everyone to give them a phone number, but you don't hand to give it out to everyone you know.
