The private keys are encrypted even in exported form. Anyone who can grab your 
private key 
will need your passphrase to decrypt it. By default, GnuPG uses the cipher 
CAST5 to encrypt 
private keys. You can change that with the --s2k-* options. However, for a 
hacker, having 
something to decrypt or maybe brute force it is much better than having nothing 
at all. 
Keeping this in mind, try to keep your private keys private. Like keep them in 
a portable 
USB key or something similar.

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