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Does adding dictionary words to passwords weaken them?

This might sound like a stupid question, but hear me out. If I'm encrypting my financial information and sensitive data via a program like TrueCrypt, the strength of the password is going to matter a ...
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Is using the same password for multiple TrueCrypted volumes safe?

I want to use TrueCrypt for encrypting multiple disk volumes. Assume I use the default cryptographic algoritm (AES) and hash algorithm (RIPEMD-160) and that nobody can get my passwords through ...