Why is GPG so bloated?
(rant) Hello, I've been using GPG and I'm astonished at some of the defaults. When decrypting it does not require me to input the password for a key? The gpg-agent is running forever? Like anyone who thought this is a good idea must be on a government's payroll. Jeez. Why not have sane defaults? Why not have it do 1 thing and do it right?
I think the general consensus at Hacker News is that email is a poor medium for secure communications, and that even a streamlined "GPG-lite" wouldn't solve its inherent problems.