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Re:Signal WhatsApp Chats Import by freeone3000 on Friday January 08, 2021 @08:25PM (#25694589)
Your pin is not your key, even through a KDF. That would allow guessing with only 10**4 guesses. Signal exports an unencrypted backup to a formatted text file, which can then be imported by another signal instance.
Re:Signal WhatsApp Chats Import by JoshTriplett on Saturday January 09, 2021 @12:26AM (#25697531)
I don't mean a network backup. I mean a device-to-device data transfer, for which the device passphrase and the Signal PIN together should be sufficient.

(Also, your Signal PIN can be an alphanumeric passphrase.)