Question on #Signal backups.

If I have a conversation, with expiring messages set, and the other end of the conversation turns on Signal backup, what happens to the backups when the messages expire?

Example to clarify my concern:

Phone is stolen / taken, it takes a time t > t_expiry to break into it and access the Signal backup. Does the backup restore conversations with expired messages which should then be expired by the Signal client (and which, if you had any sense, you would prevent from doing if you wanted to access the backup)?

German satirical artist Jacques Tilly has been sued in Russia by Vladimir Putin for defaming the Russian state by making carnival sculptures in Germany — outside Putin's dystopian jurisdiction — so it would be a real shame, if that made us share his artworks and embarrass Putin even further.

Source: https://youtu.be/hGzaU6eAsVI?si=SoMPHdut3MlEhx4v

In case anyone was still under the assumption that US Big Tech and the Trump regime aren't one and the same:

The US has ordered its diplomats to lobby against EU attempts to regulate US tech companies 🚨

We need ethical open alternatives.

https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/us-orders-diplomats-fight-data-sovereignty-initiatives-2026-02-25/