There are many reasons to encrypt files — even on a system that is well maintained and comparatively secure. The files may highly sensitive, contain personal information that you don’t want to share ...
Encryption is one of the pillars of modern-day communications. You have devices that use encryption all the time, even if you are not aware of it. There are so many applications and systems using it ...
In managing my own keyrings, in which I have several private-public key pairs and therefore numerous user IDs containing my name, I find it easiest to provide gpg with the entire e-mail-address ...