passphrase, in my opinion, should be text, it will include upper, lower and symbols. it should be in the range of about 30-50 characters, and bonus points if it rhymes because that helps you remember it. spaces included. the pgp nerds used the word "passphrase" for a reason. including spaces. using words and punctuation. there is other approaches but it depends on your physical location. and there is a lot of myths about what best policy is for a given set of circumstances. if you are famous, you are in a bad situation. if your location leaks frequently, that is a very bad thing, part of the fame vulnerability. being unpopular is not such a bad thing :) shit if i get popular i go defcon 1

First time seeing this. I like it.

30-50 is overkill. Using just lowercase and numbers, 25 characters will give you over 128 bits of entropy