Passphrase not asked when exporting private key (via GPGShell)

[Samuel Tardieu]

>>>>> "Vishal" == Vishal Rao <vishalrao at gmail.com> writes:

Vishal> Why does GNUPG not ask for the passphrase when I export a
Vishal> private key?

What for? The passphrase is exported encrypted already, protected by
your passphrase. Given the fact that you can already get the
secring.gpg on the disk, this would add no security at all.

  Sam
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