I have been using gpg to encrypt/decrypt files on my computer "for my eyes only". I have been using my public/private keypair on my keyring to do so. I just discovered that I can use encrypt/decrypt local files using a symmetric cipher--i.e., you enter one secret passphrase to encrypt and then enter the same secret passphrase to decrypt. Since my encryption is only for files for myself, do you think using a symmetric cipher would be a better idea, or doesn't it matter? Or is choice of a passphrase a bigger issue than the type of cipher -- symmetric vs. public/private keypair ?
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