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The entropy doesn't increase exponentially if my password is just N copies of the same character or phrase, it only increases linearly.

Minimal password requirements allow people who know what they're doing to do the right thing. If you want to stop people who don't know what they're doing from doing the wrong thing, it will take a lot more than just length restrictions.




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