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what does this provide which cannot be done with openssl, which is available for most systems?

OpenSSL should not be used for encryption of files. PGP/GnuPG should.

No, PGP isn't much better.

GnuPG and PGP are a shit show. Just make an encrypted drive volume instead.

Why not?

Last I checked, there's no authenticated encryption option in the OpenSSL CLI.

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