...are the defaults for symmetric encryption in openpgp not considered safe anymore, ... That would be AES. The traditional OpenPGP authenticated encryption (O

...are the defaults for symmetric encryption in openpgp not considered safe anymore, ... That would be AES. The traditional OpenPGP authenticated encryption (OCFB-MDC) is secure. There has been some widespread misunderstanding, I wrote a rambling editorial against the idea of superseding the block cipher mode: * https://articles.59.ca/doku.php?id=pgpfan:no_new_ae https://articles.59.ca/doku.php?id=pgpfan:no_new_ae