gpg --export-secret-keys [closed]

Question

Whenever I decrypt a file with gpg, I get asked for my passphrase. E. g.

gpg -d File.gpg 

However I can export my private key without getting asked for my passphrase:

gpg --export-secret-keys --armor --output SecretKeysFile.asc

Is the exported private key in the generated file SecretKeysFile.asc still encrypted with my passphrase? Or will anybody who has access to this file be able to decrypt encrypted files?

Answer 1

Anyone who imports your secret keys will need to enter the appropriate passphrases to use them, just as you do now. You could test this by creating a new user and importing the SecretKeysFile.asc file, etc.