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There is no way to avoid your writing getting copied if its in digital form because even on a single device it must make copies of it in order to function. So your choices are a) encrypt it or b) don't digitize it.
There's really no perfect answer.
Paper diaries are something that can be stolen/lost and they last long after you may be gone from this earth.
Digital diaries are susceptible to various vectors depending on exact setup, but local files may effectively 'die' with you if you have it encrypted and don't share passwords.
This is such a weird statement. You can have a completely safe ways of storing digital data privately. As you mention, encrypted data is the way.