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by oneeyedpigeon 3499 days ago
> I personally prefer random characters because you can up the entropy significantly

Isn't it far easier to up the entropy of a passphrase, though? Unless your password is using the entire Unicode character set, adding a word to a passphrase is going to give you better entropy than adding a character to a password, and it will probably be easier to remember since you can - reasonably safely - give it contextual meaning.