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Some quick (and uninformed) mental maths makes this ~22 random alphanumeric characters:

26 (a-z) + 26 (A-Z) + 10 (0-9) = 62 characters This which can be represented with (just under) 6 bits of information. (2^6 = 64). And 128/6 < 132/6 = 22.

I'd guess quite a few people who use password managers use password this length...




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