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by cjensen 3992 days ago
"Over 90 characters" [1]. At roughly 5 bits per character, that puts it at more than 450 bits.

[1] http://www.engadget.com/2014/03/05/how-to-set-up-a-complex-p...

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Nice!

Of course this isn't ever actually used - in practice users choose four to eight digit passcodes.

Users should, if they want to secure their information, use a randomly chosen passcode of approximately 30 digits long.